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Table 3 PANSS autism severity scores and their corresponding sensitivity and specificity values

From: Autism beyond diagnostic categories: characterization of autistic phenotypes in schizophrenia

PANSS autism severity score

Sensitivity

Specificity

PANSS autism severity score

Sensitivity

Specificity

7.0

1.000

0.000

24.5

0.243

0.938

8.5

0.986

0.206

25.5

0.196

0.938

9.5

0.953

0.289

26.5

0.162

0.948

10.5

0.939

0.443

27.5

0.142

0.948

11.5

0.912

0.526

28.5

0.128

0.948

12.5

0.858

0.629

30.0

0.115

0.959

13.5

0.804

0.680*

31.5

0.101

0.959

14.5

0.723

0.711**

32.5

0.095

0.959

15.5

0.696

0.742

33.5

0.074

0.969

16.5

0.635

0.794

34.5

0.054

0.969

17.5

0.608

0.845

36.0

0.034

0.979

18.5

0.534

0.856

37.5

0.027

0.979

19.5

0.500

0.876

38.5

0.020

0.990

20.5

0.446

0.887

42.0

0.014

1.000

21.5

0.385

0.918

46.0

0.007

1.000

22.5

0.351

0.918

48.0

0.000

1.000

23.5

0.297

0.918

   
  1. *The cut-off of 15 (14.5) yields a sensitivity of 72.3% and a specificity of 71.1%. **When using a cut-off of 14 (13.5) sensitivity is increased to 80.4% at the cost of a reduction of specificity to 68%.