Table 5. Cutoff, sensitivity and specificity values of NC measured in different studies.
| Study | Country, year |
Age range, years | n | Boys | Girls | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cutoff | Sensitivity | Specificity | Cutoff | Sensitivity | Specificity | ||||
| This study | Iran, 2013 | 6–17 | 864 | 27.5–38.3 | 60.0–88.9 | 71.4–88.5 | 26.7–33.4 | 71.4–78.5 | 67.7–82.8 |
| Olubukola16 | USA, 2010 | 6–18 | 1102 | 28.5-39.0 | 60.0–100.0 | 67.9–100 | 27.0–34.6 | 60–78.5 | 55.6–100.0 |
| Hatipoglu7 | Turkey, 2010 | 6–18 | 976 | 28.0–38.0 | - | - | 27.0–34.5 | - | - |
| Lou14 | China, 2011 | 7–12 | 2874 | 27.4–31.3 | 75.5–86.7 | 73.9–91.7 | 26.3–31.4 | 80.0–92.5 | 74.7–93.3 |
| Atwa15 | Egypt, 2012 | 12–15 | 2762 | 29.3–31.7 | 91.0–96.0 | 55.0–91.0 | 28.6–31.4 | 90.0–96.0 | 56.0–83.0 |