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Table 3 Sensitivity, specificity, percentage of correctly classified patients and positive and negative likelihood ratio of basal cortisol at different cut off values

From: Effect of a 14-day course of systemic corticosteroids on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Cut-off value of basal cortisol

Sensitivity

Specificity

Correctly classified

LR+

LR-

<150 nmol/l

100%

50%

74%

2.0

0.0

<330 nmol/l

80%

86%

83%

5.6

0.2

>400 nmol/l

56%

96%

77%

15.7

0.5

  1. LR+ = positive likelihood ratio, LR- = negative likelihood ratio