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. 2022 Aug 11;22:658. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03282-2

Table 4.

Sensitivity and specificity of the Velocity field diagram and Timed-up-and-go-test in fall prediction among fallers (n = 280) and non-fallers (n = 220)

95%CI
Variable Non-Fallers
n(%)
Fallers
(gold standard)
F(%)
Estimated values Lower limit Upper limit Diff CI
No. of participants that tested positive
  ●VFD 160(72.7) 200(71.4)
  ●TUG 90(40.9) 110(39.3)
No. of participants that tested negative
  ●VFD 60(27.3) 80(28.6)
  ●TUG 130(59.1) 170(60.7)
  Prevalence 0.56 0.41 0.70 0.29
Sensitivity
  ●VFD 0.71 0.52 0.85 0.37
  ●TUG 0.39 0.22 0.59 0.37
Specificity
  ●VFD 0.27 0.20 0.57 0.37
  ●TUG 0.59 0.37 0.79 0.42
PPV
  ●VFD 0.55 0.56 0.83 0.26
  ●TUG) 0.55 0.27 0.55 0.28
NPV
  ●VFD 0.42 0.19 0.71 0.52
  ●TUG 0.43 0.26 0.62 0.36
likelihood Ratios:
Positive[C]
  ●VFD 1.12 0.69 1.39 0.70
  ●TUG 0.79 0.49 1.90 1.41
Negative[C]
  ●VFD 0.79 0.46 2.30 0.84
  ●TUG 1.21 0.72 1.47 0.75