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. 2019 Jun 20;19:111. doi: 10.1186/s12890-019-0875-x

Table 2.

Diagnostic accuracy of clinical and instrumental variables

Total Diagnostic accuracy Specificity Sensitivity
Dyspnoea 29.1 64.6 81.3 41.2
Dry cough 12.1 58.3 89.2 15.1
Thoracic X-ray 35.1 71.3 80 57.8
DLCO < 47% 26 54.9 80 30.8
FVC < 70% 18.9 52.8 82.1 20
Velcro cracklesa 49.2 67.2 65.7 69.1
VECTOR 52.9 83.9 76.9 93.2

apresence of Velcro crackles according to rheumatologist’s auscultation (AM)