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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 31.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma. 2006 Apr;60(4):792–801. doi: 10.1097/01.ta.0000214589.02515.dd

Table 9.

Comparison of the Predictive Validity of the Proposed Model with the Revised Trauma Score (RTS) and Pediatric Trauma Score (PTS)*

Testing Dataset Sensitivity Specificity Undertriage
(1-sensitivity)
Overtriage
(1-sensitivity)
Positive
Predictive Value
Negative
Predictive Value
Accuracy
NPTR testing data
Proposed model 96(94–98) 91(90–91) 4(2–6) 9(9–10) 22(20–24) 99 (99–99) 91(90–91)
 RTS 95(93–97) 71(70–72) 5(3–7) 29(28–30) 8(7–9) 99 (99–99) 72(71–72)
 PTS  99(98–100)§ 71(70–71) 1(0–2)§ 29(29–30) 7(6–8) 99 (99–99) 71(70–72)
NTDB
 Proposed model 97(95–98) 60(59–61) 3(2–5) 40(39–41) 7(7–8) 99 (99–99) 61(60–62)
 RTS 94(92–96) 70(69–71) 6(4–8) 30(29–31) 9(9–10) 99 (99–99) 71(70–72)
*

All indicated values are percentages; 95% confidence intervals indicated in parentheses.

based on values available in the NPTR database (n = 13,135).

PTS not available in the NTDB.

§

P < 0.01.

P < 0.001 compare to proposed modelw