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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2021 Jan 5;232:200–206.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.12.077

Table 2.

Sensitivity and specificity for severe adverse events, stratified by age group in the HUS and STEC cohorts.

Age group (years) Sensitivity (%) (95% CI) Specificity (%) (95% CI) AUC (95% CI)
HUS Cohort
Overall 89.4 (81.3, 94.8) 44.3 (31.5, 57.6) 0.71 (0.63, 0.79)
0 to <5 86.8 (74.7, 94.5) 56.8 (39.5, 72.9) 0.77 (0.68, 0.87)
≥5 to <10 93.9 (79.8, 99.3) 35.3 (14.2, 61.7) 0.71 (0.56, 0.86)
≥10 87.5 (47.3, 99.7) 0.0 (0.0, 41.0) 0.57 (0.25, 0.89)
STEC Cohort
Overall 89.2 (79.8, 95.2) 19.7 (16.5, 23.3) 0.58 (0.51, 0.65)
0 to <5 87.2 (72.6, 95.7) 40.7 (34.1, 47.6) 0.75 (0.66, 0.84)
≥5 to <10 92.9 (76.5, 99.1) 12.2 (7.4, 18.5) 65.2 (52.8, 77.6)
≥10 85.7 (42.1, 99.6) 1.6 (0.3, 4.6) 0.644 (0.41, 0.87)

Abbreviations: AUC, area under the curve; CI, confidence interval; HUS, hemolytic uremic syndrome; STEC, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli