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. 2020 Jun 8;27(6):469–474. doi: 10.1111/acem.14009

Table 1.

Statistics for Presence of Each of the 10 Symptoms From the Data Set (n = 961)

Symptoms TP TN FP FN Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV PLR
Fever 143 413 323 82 0.64 (0.57–0.70) 0.56 (0.53–0.60) 0.31 (0.26–0.35) 0.83 (0.80–0.87) 1.45 (1.26–1.63)
Fatigue 150 289 447 75 0.67 (0.61–0.73) 0.39 (0.36–0.43) 0.25 (0.22–0.29) 0.79 (0.75–0.84) 1.10 (0.98–1.22)
Dry cough 166 236 500 59 0.74 (0.68–0.80) 0.32 (0.29–0.35) 0.25 (0.22–0.28) 0.80 (0.75–0.85) 1.09 (0.99–1.19)
Loss of appetite 90 542 194 135 0.40 (0.34–0.46) 0.74 (0.70–0.77) 0.32 (0.26–0.37) 0.80 (0.77–0.83) 1.52 (1.21–1.82)
Pain in your muscles 128 389 347 97 0.57 (0.50–0.63) 0.53 (0.49–0.56) 0.27 (0.23–0.31) 0.80 (0.76–0.84) 1.21 (1.04–1.37)
Difficulty breathing 83 418 318 142 0.37 (0.31–0.43) 0.57 (0.53–0.60) 0.21 (0.17–0.25) 0.75 (0.71–0.78) 0.85 (0.69–1.02)
Coughing up phlegm 35 625 111 190 0.16 (0.11–0.20) 0.85 (0.82–0.88) 0.24 (0.17–0.31) 0.77 (0.74–0.80) 1.03 (0.67–1.39
Sore throat 83 392 344 142 0.37 (0.31–0.43) 0.53 (0.50–0.57) 0.19 (0.16–0.23) 0.73 (0.70–0.77) 0.79 (0.64–0.94)
Diarrhea 57 544 192 168 0.25 (0.20–0.31) 0.74 (0.71–0.77) 0.23 (0.18–0.28) 0.76 (0.73–0.80) 0.97 (0.72–1.22)
Loss of taste or smell 110 628 108 115 0.49 (0.42–0.55) 0.85 (0.83–0.88) 0.50 (0.44–0.57) 0.85 (0.82–0.87) 3.33 (2.60–4.06)

For TP, TN, FP, and FN value is number of case. For sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, and PLR value is shown with 95% CI.

TP = true positive; TN = true negative; FP = false positive; FN = false negative; PPV = positive predictive value; NPV = negative predictive value; PLR = positive likelihood ratio.