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Table 4 Screening for locomotive syndrome based on the diagnosis of sarcopenia

From: Association between musculoskeletal function deterioration and locomotive syndrome in the general elderly population: a Japanese cohort survey randomly sampled from a basic resident registry

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive likelihood ratio

Negative likelihood ratio

Male

17% (15–18%)

96% (83–99%)

4.71 (0.91–27.4)

0.86 (0.82–1.01)

Female

5% (3–6%)

97% (87–99%)

1.51 (0.26–9.39)

0.98 (0.95–1.11)

Total

11% (10–12%)

96% (89–99%)

3.12 (0.88–11.8)

0.92 (0.89–1.01)

  1. Note: Values represent with (95% confidence intervals)