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. 2020 Jan 21;10:2934. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02934

TABLE 5.

Results of ROC analyses for the MDD and DD.

Diagnosis for MDD
Diagnosis for DD
n cases/n controls 96/1049 188/957
AUC (95% CI)
0.915 (0.889–0.941)
0.846 (0.813–0.880)
Cut off SEN SPE J PPVb NPV SEN SPE J PPV NPV
MDD optimal cut off a = 23 0.833 0.868 0.701 0.365 0.983 0.649 0.899 0.548 0.557 0.929
DD optimal cut off = 17 0.917 0.724 0.641 0.233 0.99 0.809 0.764 0.573 0.402 0.953
BDI-II mild = 14 0.938 0.636 0.574 0.191 0.991 0.830 0.670 0.5 0.331 0.953
BDI-II moderate = 20 0.885 0.808 0.693 0.297 0.987 0.718 0.842 0.56 0.472 0.938
BDI-II severe = 29 0.656 0.937 0.593 0.488 0.968 0.484 0.960 0.444 0.705 0.905

AUC, area under curve; CI, confidence interval; MDD, major depressive disorder; DD, depressive related disorder; SEN, sensitivity; SPE, specificity; J, Youden’s index; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value. aCut off score with the highest Youden’s index value. bPPV and NPV was calculated based on the prevalence from the research data.