Table 4 Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratios of the INTERGROWTH21st and customized methods for identification of neonatal malnutrition and overnutrition
Malnutrition (PI < 10th centile) | Overnutrition (PI > 90th centile) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
INTERGROWTH21st SGA | Customized method SGA | INTERGROWT21st LGA | Customized method LGA | |
Sensitivity | 15.79% (0–34,82) | 40% (16.03–63.97) | 59.38% (40.80–77.95) | 50% (31.11–68.89) |
Specificity | 94.24% (90.01–98.48) | 89.63% (84.66–94.60) | 76.61 (69.97–83.25) | 90.74% (85.97–95.51) |
PPV | 27.27% (0–58,14%) | 32% (11.71–52.29) | 32.20% (19.43–44.97) | 51.61% (32.41–70.82) |
NPV | 89.12% (34.74–94.49) | 92.45 (88.03–96.87) | 90.97% (85.94–96.00) | 90.18% (85.31–95.06) |
LR+ | 2.74 (0.80–9.45) | 3.86 (1.92–7.77) | 2.54 (1.71–3.77) | 5.40 (2.98–9.78) |
LR- | 0.89 (0.73–1.09) | 0.67 (0.47–0.96) | 0.53 (0.35–0.81) | 0.55 (0.39–0.78) |