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Table 2 Sensitivity, Specificity, Predictive values, Accuracy, False-positives, and False-negatives in the three placement sites for cold tests of the 8 study groups

From: Diagnostic accuracy of three placement sites for the cold test in subjects amongst different age groups

Groups for age

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Accuracy

  

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Accuracy

  

Groups Female

FP

FN

Groups Male

FP

FN

17–27

 MTBS

1.00

0.85

0.87

1.00

0.93

3

0

0.90

0.80

0.82

0.89

0.85

4

2

 CTBS

0.95

0.90

0.90

0.95

0.92

2

1

0.85

0.95

0.95

0.86

0.90

1

3

 MTLS

1.00

0.75

0.72

1.00

0.80

8

0

0.90

0.75

0.70

0.86

0.75

8

2

28–39

 MTBS

0.90

0.80

0.82

0.89

0.85

4

2

1.00

0.75

0.80

1.00

0.88

5

0

 CTBS

0.85

0.95

0.95

0.86

0.90

1

3

1.00

0.75

0.80

1.00

0.88

5

0

 MTLS

0.95

0.85

0.86

0.95

0.90

3

1

0.95

0.75

0.79

0.94

0.85

5

1

40–50

 MTBS

1.00

0.95

0.95

1.00

0.97

1

0

0.95

0.75

0.79

0.94

0.85

5

1

 CTBS

1.00

0.75

0.80

1.00

0.87

5

0

0.95

0.75

0.79

0.94

0.85

5

1

 MTLS

1.00

0.75

0.74

1.00

0.83

7

0

1.00

0.75

0.80

1.00

0.87

5

0

51–65

 MTBS

0.85

0.85

0.85

0.85

0.85

3

3

0.95

0.30

0.57

0.85

0.62

14

1

 CTBS

0.80

0.95

0.94

0.83

0.88

1

4

0.95

0.50

0.65

0.90

0.72

10

1

 MTLS

0.90

0.95

0.95

0.91

0.92

1

2

1.00

0.25

0.57

1.00

0.62

15

0

  1. PPV positive predictive values, PPN negative predictive values, MTBS, Site Middle third of the buccal surface, CTBS Site Cervical third of the buccal surface, MTLS Site Middle third of the lingual surface, FP Frequency of false positives, FN Frequency of False Negatives