Table 7. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of awareness of diabetes by markers of socio-economic position, Scottish Health Survey, 2008–11.
Marker of socio-economic position | Level | Sensitivity, (95% CI) | Specificity, (95% CI) | PPV, (95% CI) | NPV, (95% CI) |
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All | 63.3 (56.1–70.6) | 99.1 (98.8–99.5) | 83.0 (76.5–89.4) | 97.6 (97.0–98.2) | |
Occupational social class | Managerial & professional | 60.0 (47.1–73.0) | 99.2 (98.6–99.7) | 80.5 (68.4–92.6) | 97.8 (96.8–98.7) |
Intermediate | 52.9 (36.2–69.7) | 99.8 (99.4–100) | 94.7 (84.7–100) | 96.9 (95.5–98.4) | |
Routine and manual | 69.5 (59.6–79.5) | 98.9 (98.2–99.5) | 82.6 (73.7–91.6) | 97.7 (96.8–98.6) | |
Educational attainment | Post-school qualifications | 63.3 (49.8–76.8) | 99.6 (99.2–100) | 88.6 (78.0–99.1) | 98.3 (97.6–99.1) |
School level qualifications | 63.8 (51.4–76.2) | 99.6 (99.2–100) | 90.2 (81.2–99.3) | 98.0 (97.1–98.8) | |
No qualifications | 61.9 (49.9–73.9) | 97.0 (95.4–98.6) | 75.0 (63.2–86.8) | 94.6 (92.5–96.7) | |
Household income | Highest | 61.5 (42.8–80.2) | 99.9 (99.6–100) | 94.1 (82.9–100) | 98.6 (97.7–99.4) |
Middle | 62.5 (51.3–73.7) | 99.2 (98.6–99.7) | 83.3 (73.4–93.3) | 97.5 (96.6–98.4) | |
Lowest | 64.4 (53.4–75.4) | 98.6 (97.8–99.4) | 81.0 (71.0–91.1) | 96.7 (95.5–98.0) |
Bold indicates significantly different from the least disadvantaged level