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. 2015 Nov 11;10(11):e0142779. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142779

Table 4. Predictive performance of the developed diabetes risk scores.

Derivation cohort Validation cohort
Risk scores Sens Spec PPV NPV Ydn LR+ LR- Sens Spec PPV NPV Ydn LR+ LR-
Non-invasive model
 ≥5 95.3 23.7 5.6 99.1 19.0 1.25 0.20 97.0 23.6 5.7 99.4 20.6 1.27 0.13
 ≥6 95.0 25.2 5.6 98.3 20.2 1.27 0.20 96.6 25.1 5.7 98.7 21.8 1.29 0.13
 ≥7 83.3 46.7 6.9 98.2 30.1 1.56 0.36 87.3 47.0 7.2 98.5 34.3 1.65 0.27
 ≥8 79.5 51.2 7.1 97.5 30.7 1.63 0.40 83.2 51.4 7.5 97.5 34.6 1.71 0.33
 ≥9 61.0 70.8 9.0 97.1 31.8 2.09 0.55 61.2 70.8 9.0 97.2 32.0 2.09 0.55
 ≥10 51.3 77.5 9.7 96.5 28.7 2.27 0.63 53.3 77.4 10.0 96.6 30.7 2.36 0.60
 ≥11 33.0 87.7 11.3 96.2 20.9 2.70 0.76 34.7 87.6 11.7 96.2 22.3 2.80 0.75
Model including FPG
 ≥5 94.0 46.9 7.7 99.3 40.9 1.77 0.13 95.2 46.6 7.8 99.2 41.8 1.78 0.10
 ≥6 91.4 58.5 9.4 99.2 50.0 2.20 0.15 90.4 57.8 9.2 99.0 48.2 2.14 0.17
 ≥7 87.6 68.4 11.5 98.8 56.0 2.77 0.18 85.1 67.5 11.1 98.7 52.6 2.62 0.22
 ≥8 79.8 75.5 13.3 98.2 55.3 3.26 0.27 79.5 75.1 13.1 98.1 54.5 3.19 0.27
 ≥9 67.9 82.9 15.8 97.5 50.9 3.98 0.39 66.6 82.7 15.4 97.4 49.2 3.84 0.40
 ≥10 51.8 90.0 19.6 96.7 41.8 5.19 0.54 50.3 89.7 18.7 96.6 39.9 4.86 0.55
 ≥11 31.8 95.3 24.3 96.1 27.2 6.83 0.72 30.3 95.2 22.9 96.1 25.4 6.24 0.73
Model including HbA1c
 ≥5 98.2 21.3 5.5 99.5 19.5 1.25 0.08 98.4 21.3 5.6 99.4 19.7 1.25 0.07
 ≥6 96.5 32.6 6.3 99.5 29.1 1.43 0.11 96.1 32.3 6.3 99.4 28.4 1.42 0.12
 ≥7 94.9 44.0 7.4 99.4 39.0 1.70 0.12 94.0 43.8 7.4 99.2 37.8 1.67 0.14
 ≥8 92.6 53.5 8.6 99.1 46.1 1.99 0.14 90.4 53.1 8.4 99.1 43.6 1.93 0.18
 ≥9 88.4 61.7 9.8 98.8 50.2 2.31 0.19 88.0 61.4 9.8 98.6 49.3 2.27 0.20
 ≥10 80.7 72.4 12.1 98.0 53.0 2.92 0.27 78.6 71.5 11.6 98.0 50.0 2.75 0.30
 ≥11 65.2 82.0 14.6 97.3 47.3 3.63 0.42 64.1 81.5 14.1 97.3 45.6 3.47 0.44
 ≥12 45.9 90.1 17.9 96.6 36.0 4.63 0.60 46.9 90.3 18.6 96.5 37.2 4.81 0.59
Model including FPG and HbA1c
 ≥5 98.3 29.2 6.1 99.7 27.5 1.39 0.06 98.2 29.2 6.2 99.6 27.4 1.39 0.06
 ≥6 97.4 39.5 7.1 99.6 37.0 1.61 0.07 96.3 39.3 7.0 99.6 35.6 1.59 0.09
 ≥7 96.1 51.1 8.5 99.5 47.2 1.96 0.08 95.2 50.3 8.3 99.5 45.5 1.91 0.10
 ≥8 94.3 57.9 9.5 99.4 52.2 2.24 0.10 94.2 57.3 9.5 99.4 51.5 2.21 0.10
 ≥9 91.4 67.9 11.8 99.3 59.3 2.85 0.13 91.9 67.2 11.7 99.2 59.1 2.80 0.12
 ≥10 88.7 75.1 14.4 99.1 63.8 3.57 0.15 87.6 74.9 14.2 99.0 62.5 3.50 0.17
 ≥11 84.2 80.3 16.7 98.7 64.5 4.27 0.20 82.3 80.0 16.4 98.5 62.3 4.12 0.22
 ≥12 75.6 86.7 21.2 98.4 62.3 5.70 0.28 72.2 86.5 20.2 98.2 58.7 5.33 0.32
 ≥13 68.5 90.5 25.4 97.9 59.0 7.24 0.35 64.8 90.5 24.4 97.6 55.3 6.80 0.39

Abbreviations: FPG, fasting plasma glucose; LR, Likelihood ratio; NPV, Negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value; Sens, sensitivity; Spec, specificity; Ydn, Youden index.