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. 2017 Sep 3;4(6):824–828. doi: 10.1002/mdc3.12517

Table 2.

Single and combined diagnostic measures

Diagnostic features Se Sp PPV NPV LR+ LR− Accuracy Youden's indexa
Single features
Acute levodopa challenge 0.70 0.94 0.97 0.52 12.3 0.32 0.76 0.64
HI 0.63 0.74 0.88 0.40 2.39 0.50 0.66 0.37
HT 0.61 0.77 0.89 0.40 2.68 0.51 0.65 0.38
AT 0.40 0.85 0.89 0.32 2.62 0.71 0.51 0.24
Combined features
Acute levodopa challenge + HI 0.90 0.70 0.90 0.71 2.99 0.14 0.85 0.60
Acute levodopa challenge + HT 0.90 0.74 0.91 0.72 3.42 0.13 0.86 0.64
Acute levodopa challenge + AT 0.83 0.81 0.93 0.62 4.41 0.20 0.83 0.65

Se, sensitivity; Sp, specificity; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; LR, likelihood ratio; HI, hyposmia by identification olfactory subscore; HT, hyposmia by total olfactory score; AT, anosmia by total olfactory score.

a

Improved results are indicated in bold.