Table 4.

Evaluation of various sets of criteria for AOSD in our series compared to previous series.

CriteriaAOSD, nControls, nSensitivity, %Specificity, %PPV, %NPV, %PLRNLRAccuracy, %
Our series70140
  Reginato36*151.4399.2997.3080.3572.440.4983.33
  Yamaguchi55*1278.5791.4382.0989.519.170.2387.14
  Cush43*361.4397.8693.4883.5428.710.3985.71
  Calabro48*768.5795.0087.2785.8113.710.3386.19
Fautrel1872130
  Yamaguchi57*879.293.887.789.188.6
Yamaguchi153164
  Reginato51.299.287.9
  Yamagucci51*1396.292.193.1
  Cush8096.992.8
  Calabro60.998.188.7
  • * Number of positive patients by the evaluating criteria in the AOSD group.

  • Number of positive patients by the evaluating criteria in the control group. PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value; PLR: positive likelihood ratio; NLR: negative likelihood ratio.