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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2020 Oct 1;29(11):1432–1439. doi: 10.1002/pds.5111

Table 3.

Diabetes from Electronic Medical Record Data Compared with Chart Adjudication in the VACS Biomarker Cohort, by HIV Status

n Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Kappa
  Prevalence

HBA1c ≥6.5% at least once All 2,389 88 (85–91) 99 (98–99) 95 (93–97) 97 (96–98) 0.89
PWH 1,546 85 (80–89) 99 (98–99) 94 (90–96) 97 (96–98) 0.87
HIV-negative 843 92 (89–95) 99 (98–100) 97 (94–99) 97 (95–98) 0.92

HBA1c ≥6.5% two or more times All 2,389 76 (72–79) 100 (100–100) 100 (98–100) 94 (92–95) 0.83
PWH 1,546 70 (64–75) 100 (100–100) 100 (97–100) 94 (92–95) 0.79
HIV-negative 843 82 (77–87) 100 (99–100) 100 (97–100) 93 (91–95) 0.86

HbA1c ≥6.5% two or more times within a year All 2,389 59 (54–63) 100 (100–100) 99 (98–100) 90 (88–91) 0.69
PWH 1,546 53 (47–59) 100 (100–100) 99 (96–100) 91 (90–92) 0.65
HIV-negative 843 65 (59–71) 100 (99–100) 99 (97–100) 87 (85–90) 0.72

EMR Composite Definition All 2,389 92 (89–94) 98 (98–99) 93 (91–95) 98 (97–98) 0.90
PWH 1,546 91 (87–94) 99 (98–99) 93 (89–96) 98 (97–99) 0.90
HIV-negative 843 92 (88–95) 98 (96–99) 94 (90–97) 97 (95–98) 0.90

ICD-9 code only All 2,389 90 (87–93) 91 (89–92) 73 (70–77) 97 (96–98) 0.75
PWH 1,546 88 (83–91) 92 (91–94) 72 (67–76) 97 (96–98) 0.74
HIV-negative 843 93 (89–96) 87 (84–90) 75 (70–80) 97 (95–98) 0.75

  Incidence

HBA1c ≥6.5% at least once All 1,824 85 (80–89) 95 (94–96) 70 (67–78) 98 (97–98) 0.73
PWH 1,245 81 (73–88) 96 (94–97) 69 (61–76) 98 (97–99) 0.71
HIV-negative 579 89 (82–94) 92 (89–94) 72 (64–79) 97 (95–99) 0.74

HBA1c ≥6.5% two or more times All 1,868 72 (65–77) 99 (99–100) 93 (88–96) 96 (95–97) 0.79
PWH 1,271 68 (59–76) 99 (99–100) 93 (85–97) 97 (95–98) 0.76
HIV-negative 597 76 (67–84) 99 (97–100) 93 (86–98) 95 (93–97) 0.81

HbA1c ≥6.5% two or more times within a year All 1,868 48 (41–54) 99 (99–100) 93 (86–97) 93 (92–94) 0.59
PWH 1,271 47 (38–56) 100 (99–100) 92 (83–97) 94 (93–96) 0.59
HIV-negative 597 49 (39–58) 99 (98–100) 93 (83–98) 90 (87–92) 0.59

EMR Composite Definition All 1,871 95 (92–98) 94 (93–95) 70 (65–75) 99 (99–100) 0.78
PWH 1,272 95 (89–98) 95 (94–96) 68 (61–75) 99 (99–100) 0.76
HIV-negative 599 96(91–99) 92 (89–94) 72 (64–80) 99 (98–100) 0.78

ICD-9 code only All 1,871 83 (78–88) 90 (89–91) 55 (49–60) 97 (96–98) 0.60
PWH 1,272 81 (73–88) 92 (91–94) 54 (47–61) 98 (97–99) 0.60
HIV-negative 599 85 (77–91) 85 (81–88) 55 (48–63) 96 (94–98) 0.58

  Presence of Diabetes**

ICD-10 code All 1,753 84 (80–87) 93 (92–95) 85 (82–88) 93 (91–94) 0.77
PWH 1,118 81 (76–86) 95 (93–96) 85 (80–89) 93 (92–95) 0.77
HIV-negative 635 87 (82–90) 90 (87–93) 86 (81–90) 91 (87–93) 0.76
*

Prevalence and incidence are calculated at time of VACS blood draw date (2005 to 2007)

**

Presence is based on chart review with a last date of October 2017 and ICD-10 codes from October 2015 to February 2018; limited to those alive as of October 2016 (n=1,118 PWH and 635 HIV-negative)

Abbreviations: VACS, Veterans Aging Cohort Study; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; PWH, persons with human immunodeficiency virus; EMR, electronic medical record; ICD-9, International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision