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. 2016 Jul 21;11(7):e0158489. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158489

Table 5. Characteristics of the simplified FINDRISC (MADRISC) questionnaire using different cut-off values for undiagnosed diabetes mellitus.

GOLD STANDARD MADRISC Cut-off Sensitivity (%) (95%CI) Specificity (%) (95%CI) PPV (%) (95%CI) NPV (%) (95%CI) LR+(95%CI) LR-(95%CI)
OGTT and/or HbA1c (N: 1,426 participants)
≥8 99.1 (94.0–99.9) 19.6 (17.5–21.9) 8.9 (7.4–10.7) 99.6 (97.5–99.9) 1.23 (1.19–1.27) 0.05 (0.01–0.34)
≥11 96.2 (89.9–98.8) 24.8 (22.5–27.2) 9.2 (7.6–11.1) 98.8 (96.7–99.6) 1.28 (1.22–1.34) 0.15 (0.06–0.40)
≥13 84.8 (76.1–90.8) 54.6 (51.9–57.3) 12.9 (10.6–15.7) 97.8 (96.4–98.7) 1.87 (1.69–2.06) 0.28 (0.18–0.44)
≥19 82.9 (74.0–89.3) 55.7 (53.0–58.4) 13.0 (10.6–15.8) 97.6 (96.2–98.5) 1.87 (1.68–2.08) 0.31 (0.20–0.47)
≥20 69.5 (59.7–77.9) 67.7 (65.1–70.2) 14.6 (11.7–18.1) 96.5 (95.1–97.6) 2.15 (1.85–2.50) 0.45 (0.34–0.60)
≥21 51.4 (41.5–61.2) 81.8 (79.5–83.8) 18.3 (14.2–23.3) 95.5 (94.1–96.6) 2.82 (2.27–3.51) 0.59 (0.49–0.72)
≥24 51.4 (41.5–61.2) 82.3 (80.1–84.3) 18.8 (14.5–23.9) 95.5 (94.1–96.6) 2.90 (2.33–3.61) 0.59 (0.48–0.72)
≥28 31.5 (27.3–35.9) 92.6 (83.7–87.5) 20.4 (15.7–26.0) 95.5 (94.1–96.6) 3.22 (2.56–4.06) 0.60 (0.49–0.72)
≥32 24.8 (17.1–34.3) 96.1 (94.8–97.0) 33.3 (23.3–45.0) 94.1 (92.7–95.3) 6.29 (4.11–9.64) 0.78 (0.70–0.87)
≥33 18.1 (11.5–27.1) 97.2 (96.1–98.0) 33.9 (22.2–47.9) 93.7 (92.3–94.9) 6.46 (3.86–10.83) 0.84 (0.77–0.92)
≥41 12.4 (07.0–20.6) 98.4 (97.5–99.0) 38.2 (22.7–56.4) 93.4 (91.9–94.6) 7.79 (4.02–15.11) 0.89 (0.83–0.96)