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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: Neonatology. 2015 Mar 3;107(4):241–248. doi: 10.1159/000369878

Table 6.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value for the RM1 and RM2and the respiratory outcome at 24 months

(a) Analysis using data from the development cohort (n=76)
RM1 RM2
Respiratory outcome at 24 months Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) Positive Predictive Value (95% CI) Negative Predictive Value (95%CI) Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) Positive Predictive Value (95% CI) Negative Predictive Value (95% CI)
Respiratory hospital admission 69% (41, 89%) 58% (41, 75%) 42% (23, 63%) 81% (61, 93%) 69% (41, 89%) 72% (55, 86%) 52% (30, 74%) 84% (66, 95%)
Cough 81% (58, 95%) 73% (54, 88%) 68% (47, 85%) 85% (65, 96%) 71% (48, 89%) 83% (65, 94%) 75% (51, 91%) 81% (63, 93%)
Wheeze 77% (50, 93%) 63% (45, 79%) 50% (30, 70%) 85% (65, 96%) 65% (38, 86%) 71% (54, 85%) 52% (30, 74%) 81% (63, 93%)
Respiratory medications (all types) 71% (51, 87%) 74% (52, 90%) 77% (56, 91%) 68% (47, 85%) 64% (44, 81%) 87% (66, 97%) 86% (64, 97%) 67% (47, 83%)
Any cough, wheeze and/or use of respiratory medications 72% (53, 87%) 78% (56, 93%) 81% (61, 93%) 69% (48, 86%) 66% (46, 82%) 91% (72, 99%) 91% (70, 99%) 68% (49, 83%)
(b) Analysis using data from the validation cohort with results from the four week diary card (n=227)
RM1 RM2
Respiratory outcome at 24 months Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) Positive Predictive Value (95% CI) Negative Predictive Value (95% CI) Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) Positive Predictive Value (95% CI) Negative Predictive Value (95% CI)
Respiratory hospital admission 76% (61, 88%) 61% (54, 68%) 31% (22, 41%) 92% (85, 96%) 67% (51, 80%) 66% (59, 73%) 31% (22, 42%) 90% (83, 94%)
Cough 66% (57, 75%) 72% (63, 80%) 68% (58, 77%) 71% (62, 78%) 61% (51, 70%) 78% (70, 85%) 71% (61, 80%) 69% (60, 77%)
Wheeze 69% (58, 78%) 70% (62, 78%) 62% (51, 71%) 76% (68, 84%) 64% (53, 74%) 77% (68, 84%) 66% (55, 75%) 75% (67, 83%)
Respiratory medications (all types) 66% (57, 74%) 80% (71, 88%) 82% (73, 89%) 64% (55, 72%) 61% (52, 69%) 87% (78, 93%) 86% (77, 92%) 62% (54, 70%)
Any cough, wheeze and/or use of respiratory medications 62% (54, 70%) 81% (71, 89%) 85% (76, 91%) 56% (47, 65%) 57% (49, 66%) 88% (79, 94%) 89% (81, 95%) 55% (46, 63%)