TABLE 5

Asthma risk stratification based on percentile cut-off.

PercentileSensitivity, % (n)Specificity, % (n)PPV, % (n)NPV, % (n)+LR#−LR
>50th78.4 (40/51)40.9 (9/22)75.5 (40/53)45.0 (9/20)1.30.5
>75th72.5 (37/51)77.3 (17/22)88.1 (37/42)54.8 (17/31)3.20.4
>90th58.8 (30/51)95.5 (21/22)96.8 (30/31)50.0 (21/42)13.10.4
>98th33.3 (17/51)100 (22/22)100 (17/17)39.3 (22/56)0.7

#: +LR: sensitivity/(1-specificity). : −LR: (1-sensitivity)/specificity. LR: likelihood ratio; NPV: negative predictive value; PPV: positive predictive value.