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. 2016 May 24;24:75. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.24.75.8425

Table 3.

Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of proposed risk assessment criteria

Screening criteria Frequencies Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV ROC
All assessment categories combined TP:43 FP:16
FN:26 TN:655
62.3% 97.6% 72.9% 96.2% 0.780
Two major risk factors TP:23 FP:7
FN:46 TN:664
33.3% 98.9% 76.7% 93.5% 0.662
One major and two minor risk factors TP:20 FP:6
FN:49 TN:665
29.0% 99.1% 76.9% 93.1% 0.641
Three minor risk factors TP:12 FP:4
FN:57 TN:667
17.4% 99.4% 75.0% 92.1% 0.584

TP = True positives. FP = False positives. TN = True negatives. FN = False negatives

PPV = Positive predictive value. NPV = Negative predictive value