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. 2020 Sep 23;17(17):2673–2684. doi: 10.7150/ijms.49401

Table 4.

Validity, safety and concordance of self-reported smoking in comparison with the determination of urine cotinine test.

Estimation
95% CI
Estimation
95% CI
Estimation
95% CI
Estimation
95% CI
Prevalence 75.41%
66.63-82.55
72.95%
64.02-80.40
65.29%
56.03-73.56
64.17%
54.85-72.57
Correctly diagnosed 95.08%
89.15-97.99
97.54%
92.44-99.36
96.69%
91.24-98.94
96.67%
91.17-98.93
Sensitivity 93.48%
85.80-97.32
96.63%
89.77-99.13
96.20%
88.55-99.01
94.81%
86.53-98.32
Specificity 100%
85.87-99.70
100%
87.02-99.72
97.62%
85.90-99.88
100%
89.79-99.79
PPV 100%
94.67-99.89
100%
94.67-99.89
98.70%
91.99-99.93
100%
93.77-99.88
NPV 83.33%
66.53-93.04
91.67%
76.41-97.82
93.18%
80.29-98.22
91.49%
78.73.97.24
Positive likelihood ratio -- -- 40.41
5.82-280.33
--
Negative likelihood ratio 0.07
0.03-0.14
0.03
0.01-0.10
0.04
0.01-0.12
0.05
0.02-0.13
Kappa index 0.876 0.939 0.928 0.929

PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value