Table 4

Simulated crude prevalence odds ratios for fibromyalgia according to hypothesized levels of observed non-differential sensitivity and specificity of outcome misclassification


Specificity
Sensitivity
100.0%
99.5%
99.0%
98.5%
98.0%
97.5%
97.0%
96.5%
96.0%

100.0%
3.0
3.2
3.5
3.8
4.3
5.1
6.2
8.3
13.2
95.0%
3.0
3.2
3.5
3.9
4.4
5.1
6.3
8.4
13.3
90.0%
3.0
3.2
3.5
3.9
4.4
5.1
6.3
8.4
13.4
85.0%
3.0
3.3
3.5
3.9
4.4
5.2
6.3
8.5
13.5
80.0%
3.0
3.3
3.6
3.9
4.5
5.2
6.4
8.5
13.6
75.0%
3.1
3.3
3.6
4.0
4.5
5.3
6.4
8.6
13.7
70.0%
3.1
3.3
3.6
4.0
4.5
5.3
6.5
8.7
13.8

Cole et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2006 6:26   doi:10.1186/1471-230X-6-26