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Table 3 Sensitivity and Specificity stratified by sex and rheumatic heart disease status

From: Mid-upper arm circumference as an indicator of underweight in adults: a cross-sectional study from Nepal

MUAC cutoff (cm)

Women

Men

Rheumatic Heart Diseases (RHD)

Non-Rheumatic Heart Disease (non-RHD)

SENS

SPEC

SENS

SPEC

SENS

SPEC

SENS

SPEC

< 20.0

5.6

100

0

100

0

100

7.1

100

< 20.5

11.1

100

0

100

0

100

14.3

100

< 21.0

22.2

100

10.0

100

14.3

100

21.4

100

< 21.5

22.2

99.4

20.0

100

14.3

98.7

28.6

100

< 22.0

50.0

98.9

20.0

100

42.9

98.7

35.7

99.5

< 22.5

55.6

94.4

30.0

99.0

42.9

90.8

50.0

98.0

< 23.0

72.2

92.2

50.0

97.9

64.3

89.5

64.3

96.0

< 23.5

77.8

88.3

60.0

97.9

71.4

85.5

71.4

93.9

< 24.0

88.9

83.8

80.0

91.6

78.6

81.6

92.9

88.4

< 24.5

100

79.9

80.0

87.4

92.9

75.0

92.9

85.4

< 25.0

100

76.5

90.0

79.0

100

67.1

92.9

81.3

< 25.5

100

71.5

90.0

72.6

100

61.8

92.9

75.8

< 26.0

100

63.7

100

68.4

100

52.6

100

70.2

< 26.5

100

57.0

100

57.9

100

42.1

100

63.1

< 27.0

100

53.1

100

48.4

100

38.2

100

56.6