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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2016 Jun 7;38(9):1038–1049. doi: 10.1080/13803395.2016.1187117

Table 6.

Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of Performance-Based Screening (PBS).

(Stage 1: MIS≤5 or AF≤9 or MB>=2) (Stage 2: pFCSRT+IR free recall ≤25 or total recall ≤46)

PBS Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
Overall 77 (65,87) 83 (77,88) 61 (50,72) 91 (86,95)
≤8 education years 82 (63,94) 81 (71,89) 61 (43,76) 93 (84,98)
>8 education years 73 (56,86) 85 (77,91) 63 (47,77) 90 (82,95)
Latino 79 (64,91) 85 (77,91) 66 (51,79) 92 (85,96)
Non-Latino Blacks 71 (44,90) 79 (67,89) 48 (28,69) 91 (80,97)

MIS: Memory Impairment Screen

AF: Animal Fluency

MB: Months Backwards

pFCSRT+iR: picture version of the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test with Immediate Recall

PPV: positive predictive value

NPV: negative predictive value