Table 5

Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratios for risk scoring system

Risk score strataSensitivitySpecificityPositive predictive valueNegative predictive valueLikelihood ratio#
≥10.9790.0510.3960.8001.032
≥20.8450.4040.4750.8081.418
≥30.5250.8460.6840.7373.409
=40.1030.9870.8330.6397.923
  • Results for each risk score level refer to findings where the score concerned is regarded as a positive test result and scores below that are regarded as negative results

  • #: likelihood ratio refers to sensitivity/(1–specificity)