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Table 4 Showing ROC performance values for optimal thresholds of pelvis height, weight and Height

From: A cross sectional study evaluating screening using maternal anthropometric measurements for outcomes of childbirth in Ugandan mothers at term

Threshold (cm)

Sensitivity

Specificity

LR+

LR−

AUC (SE, P-valuea)

Pelvis height >8.95

30.68

77.64

1.37

0.89

0.54 (0.02, 0.02)

Pelvis height >7.5b

49.44

55.63

1.11

0.91

0.53 (0.02, 0.21)

Height <150c

15.73

87.27

1.24

0.97

0.52 (0.01, 0.30)

Height <160.4

69.64

43.06

1.22

0.70

0.56 (0.01, <0.01)

Weight (kg) >55.7

26.16

85.10

1.76

0.87

0.56 (0.02, <0.01)

  1. aP-value for comparison to the 0.5 ROC line.
  2. bRecomended cut off threshold from literature.
  3. cCurrent practice threshold cut off for maternal height.
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BMC Research Notes

ISSN: 1756-0500

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