Table 6. Estimated sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive values when varying the thresholds used to determine matched pairs.
Threshold weight score used | True positives | Probabilistic matches | True negatives | Sensitivity | Specificity | Positive predictive value | Negative predictive value |
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10 | 1067 | 1094 | 5521 | 99.6% | 99.5% | 97.5% | 99.9% |
15 | 1065 | 1086 | 5527 | 99.4% | 99.6% | 98.1% | 99.9% |
20 | 1064 | 1069 | 5543 | 99.3% | 99.9% | 99.5% | 99.9% |
25 | 1060 | 1062 | 5546 | 99.0% | 100.0% | 99.8% | 99.8% |
30 | 1047 | 1049 | 5546 | 97.8% | 100.0% | 99.8% | 99.6% |
35 | 1022 | 1024 | 5546 | 95.4% | 100.0% | 99.8% | 99.1% |
40 | 987 | 989 | 5546 | 92.2% | 100.0% | 99.8% | 98.5% |
45 | 946 | 948 | 5546 | 88.3% | 100.0% | 99.8% | 97.8% |
50 | 922 | 924 | 5546 | 86.1% | 100.0% | 99.8% | 97.4% |