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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2017 Oct 3;32(1):68–77. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12415

Table 5.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for rheumatoid arthritis and asthma medications with maternal report as the reference.

Medication Sensitivity % (95% CI) Specificity % (95% CI) Positive Predictive % Value (95% CI) Negative Predictive % Value (95% CI)
Rheumatoid Arthritis, n=216
Prednisone 55.7 (46.5, 64.4) 89.1 (81.5, 93.8) 85.3 (75.6, 91.6) 63.8 (55.6, 71.3)
Hydroxychloroquine 94.2 (84.4, 98.0) 93.9 (89.1, 96.7) 83.1 (71.5, 90.5) 98.1 (94.5, 99.4)
Sulfasalazine 86.4 (66.7, 95.3) 97.9 (94.8, 99.2) 82.6 (62.9, 93.0) 98.5 (95.5, 99.5)
Etanercept 96.2 (89.4, 98.7) 94.9 (89.8, 97.5) 91.6 (83.6, 95.9) 97.7 (93.6, 99.2)
Adalimumab 89.5 (75.9, 95.8) 97.2 (93.6, 98.8) 87.2 (73.3, 94.4) 97.7 (94.3, 99.1)
Ibuprofen 37.5 (22.9, 54.8) 92.4 (87.6, 95.4) 10.5 (6.9, 15.7) 89.5 (84.3, 93.1)
Aspirin 42.9 (26.5, 60.9) 96.3 (92.5, 98.2) 63.2 (41.0, 80.9) 91.9 (87.2, 94.9)

Asthma, n=172
Prednisone 50.0 (31.4, 68.6) 96.6 (92.3, 98.6) 70.6 (46.9, 86.7) 92.3 (87.0, 95.5)
Fluticasone 33.3 (17.2, 54.6) 100 (97.5, 100) 100 (64.6, 100) 91.5 (86.3, 94.9)
Budesonide 57.9 (36.3, 76.9) 96.1 (91.7, 98.2) 64.7 (41.3, 82.7) 94.8 (90.2, 97.4)
Fluticasone/salmeterol 80.8 (68.1, 89.2) 98.3 (94.1, 99.5) 95.5 (84.9, 98.7) 92.2 (86.2, 95.7)
Budesonide/formoterol 81.8 (61.5, 92.7) 98.7 (95.3, 99.6) 90.0 (69.9, 97.2) 97.4 (93.4, 99.0)
Albuterol 64.9 (56.5, 72.5) 63.2 (47.3, 76.6) 86.1 (78.1, 91.6) 33.8 (23.9, 45.4)
Montelukast 61.5 (42.5, 77.6) 96.6 (92.2, 98.5) 76.2 (54.9, 89.4) 93.4 (88.2, 96.4)

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.