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. 2015 Nov 23;39(6):507–511. doi: 10.4093/dmj.2015.39.6.507

Table 2. Selected threshold values of glycosylated hemoglobin and associated data.

Variable Value
Threshold percentage, % 5.05 5.15 5.25 5.35 5.45 5.55 5.65 5.75 5.85
No. of patients ≥threshold (TP+FP) 304 268 234 163 116 78 56 40 28
% of patients ≥threshold 88.6 78.1 68.2 47.5 33.8 22.7 16.3 11.7 8.2
Sensitivity, % 98.2 95.4 93.6 87.2 73.4 50.5 42.2 31.2 23.9
Specificity, % 15.8 29.9 43.6 70.9 84.6 90.2 95.7 97.4 99.1
Positive predictive value, % 35.2 38.8 43.6 58.3 69.0 70.5 82.1 85.0 92.9
Negative predictive value, % 94.9 93.3 93.6 92.2 87.2 79.6 78.0 75.2 73.7
False positive rate, % 84.2 70.1 56.4 29.1 15.4 9.8 4.3 2.6 0.9
False negative rate, % 1.8 4.6 6.4 12.8 26.6 49.5 57.8 68.8 76.1
Positive likelihood ratio 1.17 1.36 1.66 3.00 4.77 5.15 9.81 12.00 26.56
Negative likelihood ratio 0.11 0.15 0.15 0.18 0.31 0.55 0.60 0.71 0.77
TN+FN 39 75 109 180 227 265 287 303 315
Youden index 0.140 0.253 0.372 0.581 0.580 0.407 0.379 0.286 0.230

TP, true positive; FP, false positive; TN, true negative; FN, false negative.