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Table 3 Sensitivity/specificity analyses and receiver operating curve models for phase angle validation

From: Association between disability in activities of daily living and phase angle in hemodialysis patients

Variables

Cutoff value

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

LR+

LR-

AUC

Disability in BADL

      

 Total

PhA ≤ 4.8

74.0

68.5

2.35

0.38

0.783 (0.727, 0.835)

 Men

PhA ≤ 5.5

86.1

50.0

1.72

0.28

0.747 (0.673, 0.813)

 Women

PhA ≤ 4.1

85.7

85.7

6.00

0.17

0.911 (0.824, 0.964)

Disability in IADL

      

 Total

PhA ≤ 5.4

84.7

61.2

2.18

0.25

0.799 (0.743, 0.848)

 Men

PhA ≤ 5.4

79.7

64.6

2.25

0.31

0.760 (0.687, 0.824)

 Women

PhA ≤ 4.5

73.5

88.4

6.32

0.30

0.874 (0.779, 0.939)

  1. LR+, positive likelihood ratio; LR-, negative likelihood ratio; AUC, area of receiver operating curve; BADL, basic activities of daily living; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living. Values within parentheses are the 95% confidential intervals
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