Table 2.
Accuracy Measures of the Clinical Indicators of Constipation from the Adjusted Latent Class Model
| Clinical Indicators | Se (%) | 95% CI | Sp (%) | 95% CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headache | 16.3 | 0.1192 | 0.2150 | 99.9 | 0.9998 | 10,000 |
| Abdominal pain | 0.4 | 0.0002 | 0.9768 | 75.0 | 0.5434 | 0.8764 |
| Pain with defecation | 62.9 | 0.5553 | 0.6930 | 75.0 | 0.1159 | 0.9709 |
| Straining with defecation | 100.0 | 0.9998 | 10,000 | 99.9 | 0.9448 | 10,000 |
| Liquid stool | 12.5 | 0.0910 | 0.1827 | 78.1 | 0.5750 | 0.8917 |
| Hypoactive bowel sounds | 75.0 | 0.6877 | 0.7992 | 53.1 | 0.3157 | 0.7184 |
| Prevalence: 86.66% | G2: 60.98 | df: 50 | p = 0.137 | |||
Abbreviations,Se, sensitivity; Sp, specificity; CI, Confidence interval.