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. 2021 Apr 13;8:655759. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.655759

Table 4.

Comparison between the screening methods; SarSA-Mod, SARC-F, SARCF-Calf (31 cm), and SARCF-Calf (33/34 cm).

Area under Curve Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Positive predictive value (%) Negative predictive value (%)
SARC-F
    Men 0.42 (0.37–0.47) 13.8 (9.8–18.8) 95.9 (94.3–97.1) 50.0 (37.6–62.4) 78.9 (76.2–81.4)
    Women 0.45 (0.41–0.49) 29.6 (24.1–35.6) 73.4 (70.3–76.4) 25.3 (20.4–30.6) 77.6 (74.4–80.3)
    Total 0.57 (0.54–0.60) 21.9 (18.3–25.7) 84.5 (82.7–86.2) 29.0 (25.2–34.8) 78.2 (76.3–80.1)
SARCF-Calf (31 cm)
    Men 0.49 (0.43–0.54) 9.4 (6.0–13.7) 98.7 (97.6–99.3) 67.7 (49.5–82.6) 78.5 (75.9–81.0)
    Women 0.62 (0.57–0.66) 28.4 (23.0–34.3) 96.1 (94.6–97.3) 68.7 (59.1–77.5) 81.6 (79.0–83.9)
    Total 0.64 (0.62–0.67) 19.1 (15.7–22.8) 97.4 (96.5–98.1) 68.6 (60.2–76.1) 80.0 (78.2–81.7)
SARCF-Calf (33/34 cm)
    Men 0.61 (0.56–0.66) 27.2 (21.8–33.3) 92.9 (90.9–94.5) 53.2 (44.1–62.1) 81.1 (78.4–83.5)
    Women 0.73 (0.69–0.77) 48.6 (42.4–54.9) 89.6 (87.4–91.6) 58.7 (51.8–65.4) 85.2 (82.7–87.5)
    Total 0.73 (0.70–0.76) 38.2 (33.9–42.6) 91.2 (89.8–92.5) 56.6 (51.2–62.0) 83.1 (81.3–84.8)
SarSA-Mod
    Men 0.83 (0.80–0.86) 86.2 (81.3–90.3) 64.3 (60.9–67.5) 41.8 (37.5–46.2) 94.0 (91.7–95.8)
    Women 0.88 (0.86–0.90) 86.1 (81.2–90.0) 76.5 (73.5–79.3) 52.6 (47.7–57.5) 94.8 (92.8–96.3)
    Total 0.86 (0.84–0.88) 86.1 (82.8–89.0) 70.5 (68.2–72.6) 46.7 (43.4–49.9) 94.4 (93.0–95.6)

SarSA-Mod, Sarcopenia Scoring Assessment Model.