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J Epidemiol Community Health 64:236-242 doi:10.1136/jech.2009.087544
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A quick self-assessment tool to identify individuals at high risk of type 2 diabetes in the Chinese general population

Table 2

Diagnostic statistics of the DRL for identifying type 2 diabetes in women and men

Diagnostic statistics (95% CI) Women (DRL ≥6) Men (DRL ≥3)
Training sample Testing sample Training sample Testing sample
Sensitivity 0.61 (0.55 to 0.67) 0.62 (0.55 to 0.68) 0.59 (0.52 to 0.65) 0.59 (0.52 to 0.65)
Specificity 0.71 (0.70 to 0.73) 0.73 (0.71 to 0.74) 0.63 (0.62 to 0.65) 0.63 (0.61 to 0.64)
Positive predictive value 0.14 (0.12 to 0.16) 0.14 (0.12 to 0.16) 0.11 (0.09 to 0.13) 0.11 (0.09 to 0.13)
Negative predictive value 0.96 (0.95 to 0.97) 0.96 (0.96 to 0.97) 0.95 (0.94 to 0.96) 0.95 (0.94 to 0.96)
Positive likelihood ratio 2.16 (1.94 to 2.42) 2.27 (2.02 to 2.54) 1.61 (1.43 to 1.80) 1.61 (1.43 to 1.80)
Negative likelihood ratio 0.54 (0.47 to 0.64) 0.53 (0.45 to 0.62) 0.65 (0.56 to 0.76) 0.65 (0.55 to 0.76)
  • DRL, diabetes risk level.

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