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. 2018 Nov 1;28:41. doi: 10.1038/s41533-018-0109-3

Table 3.

Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve of C-ACT score performance in classifying treatment change categories (well controlled v/s all other categories) in 105 children with asthma

Cut-point value of C-ACT score Sensitivity % Specificity % Youden index Correctly classified % Positive likelihood ratio Negative likelihood ratio
9 98.48 5.13 0.0361 63.81 1.0381 0.2955
11 98.48 7.69 0.0617 64.76 1.0669 0.197
12 96.97 7.69 0.0466 63.81 1.0505 0.3939
13 93.94 12.82 0.0676 63.81 1.0775 0.4727
14 92.42 17.95 0.1037 64.76 1.1264 0.4221
15 92.42 23.08 0.155 66.67 1.2015 0.3283
16 90.91 25.64 0.1655 66.67 1.2226 0.3545
17 86.36 28.21 0.1457 64.76 1.2029 0.4835
18 84.85 48.72 0.3357 71.43 1.6545 0.311
19 78.79 58.97 0.3776 71.43 1.9205 0.3597
20 69.70 69.23 0.3893 69.52 2.2652 0.4377
21 65.15 76.92 0.4207 69.52 2.8232 0.453
22 53.03 84.62 0.3765 64.76 3.447 0.5551
23 37.88 89.74 0.2762 57.14 3.6932 0.6922
24 31.82 94.87 0.2669 55.24 6.2045 0.7187
25 21.21 97.44 0.1865 49.52 8.2727 0.8086
26 10.61 97.44 0.0805 42.86 4.1364 0.9175
27 7.58 97.44 0.0502 40.95 2.9545 0.9486

Area under ROC curve = 0.75, SE = 0.05, 95 confidence intervals 0.65–0.84

C-ACT Childhood Asthma Control Test