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. 2022 Sep 28;44(1):159–170. doi: 10.1007/s10072-022-06422-z

Table 2.

Results of general analysis on normative cutoffs

Normative cutoffs Patients (n = 45) Healthy controls (n = 25) PPV NPV FPR FNR ACC
T + /T– Sensitivity (95% CI) T + /T– Specificity (95% CI)
Nasreddine et al. (2005)  
   < 26 42/3 0.93 (0.84–0.98) 14/11 0.44 (0.32–0.56) 0.75 0.79 0.56 0.07 0.75
Conti et al. (2015)
  ES0 uL ≤ 17.36 9/36 0.20 (0.12–0.32) 0/25 1.00 (0.93–1.00) 1.00 0.41 0.00 0.80 0.48
  ES1 uL < 19.50 23/22 0.51 (0.39–0.63) 2/23 0.92 (0.82–0.97) 0.92 0.51 0.08 0.49 0.66
  ES2 uL < 21.56 31/14 0.69 (0.57–0.79) 5/20 0.80 (0.68–0.88) 0.86 0.59 0.20 0.31 0.73
  ES3 uL < 23.36 40/5 0.89 (0.79–0.95) 13/12 0.48 (0.36–0.60) 0.75 0.71 0.52 0.11 0.74
Santangelo et al. (2015)
  ES0 uL ≤ 15.50 4/41 0.09 (0.04–0.19) 0/25 1.00 (0.93–1.00) 1.00 0.38 0.00 0.91 0.41
  ES1 uL < 18.28 10/35 0.22 (0.13–0.34) 0/25 1.00 (0.93–1.00) 1.00 0.42 0.00 0.78 0.50
  ES2 uL < 20.25 17/28 0.38 (0.27–0.50) 1/24 0.96 (0.88–0.99) 0.94 0.46 0.04 0.62 0.58
  ES3 uL < 22.23 25/20 0.56 (0.43–0.67) 1/24 0.96 (0.88–0.99) 0.96 0.54 0.04 0.44 0.70
Aiello et al. (2022)
  ES0 uL ≤ 18.58 11/34 0.24 (0.15–0.36) 1/24 0.96 (0.88–0.99) 0.92 0.41 0.04 0.75 0.50
  ES1 uL < 20.69 22/23 0.49 (0.37–0.61) 1/24 0.96 (0.88–0.99) 0.96 0.51 0.04 0.51 0.66
  ES2 uL < 22.56 33/12 0.73 (0.61–0.83) 7/18 0.72 (0.60–0.82) 0.82 0.60 0.28 0.27 0.73
  ES3 uL < 24.52 39/6 0.87 (0.76–0.93) 10/15 0.60 (0.48–0.71) 0.80 0.71 0.40 0.13 0.77

ES equivalent score, uL upper limit, T + positive test result, T– negative test result, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, FPR false positive rate, FNR false negative rate, ACC accuracy