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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2014 Nov 6;2(6):709–715.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2014.08.009

Table III.

Clinical Phenotype Based Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive Predictive Value, and Negative Predictive Values for Asthma at age 7.

Test*
(No. with
asthma)		 Sensitivity

(%)
[95% CI]		 Specificity

(%)
[95% CI]		 Positive
Predictive Value
(%)
[95% CI]		 Negative
Predictive Value
(%)
[95% CI]		 Likelihood
Ratio
LR+ LR−
ucAPI (41) 44 [33.8–54.8] 94.1 [91.6–96.1] 60.3 [47.7–72] 89.3 [86.2–92] 7.5 0.6
Persistent Wheezing (33) 35.9 [26.1–46.5] 95 [92.4–96.9] 61.1 [46.9–74.1] 87.1 [83.6–90.0] 7.2 0.7
Atopic Persistent Wheezing (20)^ 22.2 [14.1–32.2] 98.1 [96.3–99.2] 71.4 [51.3–86.8] 85.4 [81.9–88.5] 11.7 0.8
Non-Atopic Persistent Wheezing (11)^ 12.2 [6.3–20.8] 96.9 [94.7–98.3] 45.8 [25.6–67.2] 83.7 [80.1–86.9] 3.9 0.9
*

At age 3; ucAPI: University of Cincinnati Asthma Predictive Index; LR+: positive likelihood ratio; LR−: negative likelihood ratio.

^

Missing data on results for skin prick testing for 2 children.