. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Psychophysiology. 2019 Apr 25;56(8):e13385. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13385

TABLE 2.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value (with 95% confidence intervals) for CAB predicting a current major depressive episode at a 46% prevalence rate

	CAB		Predictive values
	MDD present	MDD absent	Predictive values
Test positive	34	31	PPV: 0.52 (0.40, 0.65)
Test negative	20	57	NPV: 0.74 (0.63, 0.83)
Totals	54	88
	Sensitivity: 0.63 (0.49, 0.76)	Specificity: 0.65 (0.54, 0.75)

Abbreviations: CAB, cardiac autonomic balance; MDD, major depressive disorder; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.