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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Jan 3;70(2):185–192. doi: 10.1002/art.40355

TABLE 3.

Accuracy measures for the arthritis surveillance criteria.

Criterion Parameter Sex Age (Year) Posterior Median (95% PI)
Model with Distinct Sensitivity for 4 Sub-Populations Stratified by Age and Sex Model with Identical Sensitivity for Men and Women, and Distinct Sensitivity by Age
DDx Se Men 18–64 22.0% (11.1%, 48.3%) 50.0% (39.0%, 64.2%)
Se Women 18–64 34.1% (24.3%, 62.3%) Identical to above
Se Men ≥65 67.9% (59.4%, 76.1%) 71.5% (64.5%, 80.5%)
Se Women ≥65 74.9% (67.4%, 82.0%) Identical to above
Sp Both Both 87.2% (82.5%, 96.1%) 95.8% (94.2%, 97.2%)
CJS Se Men 18–64 62.7% (43.6%, 72.5%) 46.8% (38.2%, 60.3%)
Se Women 18–64 64.9% (46.1%, 73.9%) Identical to above
Se Men ≥65 69.1% (55.5%, 75.4%) 64.2% (59.7%, 70.2%)
Se Women ≥65 74.1% (64.9%, 80.5%) Identical to above
Sp Both Both 83.3% (75.1%, 91.8%) 74.8% (72.1%, 77.3%)
S-3M Se Men 18–64 87.4% (79.5%, 94.4%) 94.1% (93.3%, 94.9%)
Se Women 18–64 88.8% (80.4%, 94.7%) Identical to above
Se Men ≥65 93.1% (89.1%, 94.9%) 94.3% (93.6%, 95.1%)
Se Women ≥65 93.4% (90.8%, 95.1%) Identical to above
Sp Both Both 15.2% (1.6%, 51.3%) 18.8% (17.5%, 20.7%)

CJS: chronic joint symptoms, DDx: doctor-diagnosed arthritis; PI: probability interval; S-3M: symptoms onset exceeded 3 months; Se: sensitivity; Sp: specificity.