Table 6

Pooled likelihood ratios and diagnostic odds ratios for index tests after excluding outliers

Hb <11 g/dL

Hb <8 g/dL

Hb <5 g/dL

Clinical pallor

LR+

LR-

DOR

LR+

LR-

DOR

LR+

LR-

DOR

Conjunctiva

---

---

---

2.6

0.4

6.4

7.1

0.5

19.7

---

---

---

(2.2 – 3.0)

(0.2 – 0.7)

(3.7 – 11.0)

(2.8 – 17.6)

(0.4 – 0.7)

(11.5 – 33.5)

Palmar

2.6

0.8

3.5

2.7

0.3

8.3

6.9

0.5

23.8

(1.8 – 3.6)

(0.7 – 0.8)

(2.3 – 5.1)

(2.2 – 3.2)

(0.2 – 0.5)

(5.5 – 12.7)

(2.3 – 20.4)

(0.4 – 0.6)

(13.4 – 42.3)

Nailbed

---

---

---

3.1

0.3

9.3

5.6

0.4

16.6

---

---

---

(2.3 – 4.2)

(0.2 – 0.6)

(4.9 – 17.7)

(2.1 – 15.3)

(0.4 – 0.6)

(7.7 – 35.9)

Numbers in parenthesis denote 95% CIs. Dotted lines (---) denote absence of outliers. Hb <7 g/dL did not have outliers.

Chalco et al. BMC Pediatrics 2005 5:46   doi:10.1186/1471-2431-5-46