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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Muscle Nerve. 2018 Jul 24;58(5):631–638. doi: 10.1002/mus.26161

Table 3.

Predicting loss of function over 1 year using ROC curves for each timed function test.

Predicting loss of function in 1 year

Functional tests Area Under
ROC Curve
Cut-off
Time or Distance
Sensitivity Specificity
10 meter walk/run 0.93(0.88–0.97) >7.6s(7.6s–09.2s) 93% (79%–100%) 82% (77%–95%)
4 Stairs 0.96 (0.92–0.99) >6.2s (4.5s–7.4s) 90% (80%–100%) 91% (79%–97%)
STS 0.96 (0.93–0.99) >6.6s (6.3s–7.9s) 97% (91%–100%) 91% (85%–96%)
6MWT 0.85 (0.76–0.93) <319m (277m–335m) 77% (66%–90%) 85% (70%–100%)

95% CI range given in parentheses.