Table 3. Effect of change in prevalence on various diagnostic indices of test X.
Prevalence (%) | Sensitivity | Specificity | LR+ | LR– | PPV | NPV | Accuracy |
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20 | 86.25 | 79.17 | 4.14 | 0.17 | 50.86 | 95.84 | 80.58 |
30 | 86.25 | 79.17 | 4.14 | 0.17 | 63.95 | 93.07 | 81.29 |
40 | 86.25 | 79.17 | 4.14 | 0.17 | 73.40 | 89.62 | 82.00 |
50 | 86.25 | 79.17 | 4.14 | 0.17 | 80.54 | 85.20 | 82.71 |
60 | 86.25 | 79.17 | 4.14 | 0.17 | 86.13 | 79.33 | 83.42 |
Abbreviations: LR, likelihood ratio; NPV, negative predictive value; PPV, positive predictive value.