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Published in final edited form as: Lancet Respir Med. 2016 Nov 16;4(12):969–979. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30320-4

Table 3.

Sensitivity and specificity values for derived clinical prediction tools

Organisms PLR NLR Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
BACI
Grp 2 and 3 vs Grp 1 1.61 (1.47-1.75) 0.26 (0.16-0.42) 88.5 (81.5-93.6) 44.9 (41.6-48.3) 18.5 (15.4-21.9) 96.5 (94.2-98.1)
Grp 3 vs Grp 1 and 2 3.80 (3.01-4.81) 0.54 (0.45-0.66) 53.3 (44.0-62.4) 86.0 (83.5-88.2) 34.9 (28.1-42.3) 92.9 (90.9-94.6))
BCI
Grp 2 and 3 vs Grp 1 1.57 (1.42-1.74) 0.35 (0.23-0.53) 83.6 (75.8-89.7) 46.9 (43.5-50.3) 18.2 (15.1-21.6) 95.3 (92.8-97.1)
Grp 3 vs Grp 1 and 2 4.68 (3.27-6.69) 0.73 (0.65-0.83) 32.0 (23.8-41.0) 93.2 (91.3-94.8) 39.8 (30.0-50.2) 90.7 (88.6-92.5)
BSI
Mod/severe vs mild 1.37 (1.26-1.48) 0.31 (0.18-0.52) 89.3 (82.5-94.2) 34.6 (31.4-37.9) 16.2 (13.5-19.2) 95.8 (92.9-97.8)
Severe vs Mod/mild 2.18 (1.83-2.59) 0.53 (0.42-0.67) 62.3 (53.1) 71.4 (68.3-74.4) 23.5 (19.0-28.5) 93.1 (90.9-94.9)

Definition of abbreviations: BACI: Bronchiectasis Aetiology and Comorbidity Index; BCI Bronchiectasis Comorbidity Index; BSI: Bronchiectasis Severity Index