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. 2001 Nov 17;323(7322):1159. doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7322.1159

Table.

Incremental gain of the Yale-Brown obsessive compulsive scale in confirming or excluding the presence of depression in stroke inpatients two weeks after stroke

Assumed prevalence of depression Test positive
Test negative
Predictive value Incremental gain (%) Predictive value Incremental gain (%)
90% 0.97 7 0.38 28
80% 0.94 14 0.58 38
70% 0.90 20 0.70 40
60% 0.85 25 0.79 39
50% 0.80 30 0.85 35
40% 0.72 32 0.89 29
30% 0.63 33 0.93 23
20% 0.49 29 0.96 16
10% 0.30 20 0.98 8