Table 4 Sensitivity and specificity to predict heart disease in canine patients according to different WIWDR and WTLR cut-off points
From: Abdominal obesity is associated with heart disease in dogs
CVD risk factors | Cut-off point | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Positive predictive value (%) | Negative predictive value (%) | Youden’s index (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WIWDR | 3.4 | 75.00 | 62.79 | 67.35 | 71.05 | 37.79 |
| Â | 3.5 | 72.73 | 69.77 | 71.11 | 71.43 | 42.50 |
| Â | 3.6 | 72.73 | 72.09 | 72.73 | 72.09 | 44.82 |
| Â | 3.7 | 65.91 | 72.09 | 70.73 | 67.39 | 38.00 |
| Â | 3.8 | 52.27 | 76.74 | 69.70 | 61.11 | 29.01 |
WTLR | 0.8 | 100.00 | 16.28 | 55.00 | 100.00 | 16.28 |
| Â | 1.0 | 86.36 | 51.16 | 64.41 | 78.57 | 37.52 |
| Â | 1.1 | 63.64 | 67.44 | 66.67 | 64.44 | 31.08 |
| Â | 1.2 | 54.55 | 81.40 | 75.00 | 63.64 | 35.95 |
| Â | 1.4 | 31.82 | 88.37 | 73.68 | 55.88 | 20.19 |