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Table 4 The sensitivity and specificity of respiratory severity scores for predicting severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death at 14, 21, and 28 days of life

From: Respiratory severity score as a predictive factor for severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death in extremely preterm infants

PND

RSS (95% CI)

AUC

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

p-value

14

≥3 (2.842, 44.646)

0.737

57.6

81.63

79.07

61.54

0.0006

21

≥3.6 (3.467, 66.316)

0.724

54.72

86.96

82.86

62.5

0.0003

28

≥3.24 (2.825, 40.63)

0.624

51.85

80.95

77.78

56.67

0.0005

  1. PND Postnatal day, RSS Respiratory severity score, AUC Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value
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BMC Pediatrics

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