Research Article

Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance of Five Clinical Questionnaires for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Table 3

Performance of COPD diagnostic questionnaires in study population.

Questionnaire cutoff pointsSe (CI 95%)Sp (CI 95%)VPP (CI 95%)VPN (CI 95%)LR+ (CI 95%)LR−· (CI 95%)AUC (CI 95%)value

LFQ ≤1860.1 (56.4–63.8)19.3 (16.3–22.2)66.3 (62.7–69.8)15.5 (12.7–18.2)1.34 (0.98–1.83)0.48 (0.35–0.66)0.66 (0.67–0.71)<0.001
CDQ ≥1678.6 (75.5–81.7)47.4 (43.6–51.1)42.8 (39.0–46.5)81.6 (78.7–84.S)1.49 (1.33–1.67)0.45 (0.40–0.50)0.68 (0.61−0.73)<0.001
PUMA ≥S58.8 (55.1–62.5)64.2 (60.67.8)38.3 (34.7–42.0)80.5 (77.5–83.4)1.64 (1.38–1.94)0.64 (0.54–0.75)0.67 (0.62–0.71)<0.001
COULD IT BE COPD ≥358.8 (55.1–62.5)53.2 (49.5–57)32.3 (28.7–35.8)77.4 (74.2–80.5)1.26 (1.08–1.46)0.77 (0.66–0.90)0.58 (0.61–0.63)0.001
COPD-PS ≥478.6 (75.5–87.5)44.3 (33.5–55.2)34.8 (24.5–45.2)84.6 (76.7–92.4)1.41 (1.26–1.57)0.48 (0.43–0.53)0.65 (0.66–0.69)<0.001

Se, sensitivity; Sp, specificity; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; LR+, positive likelihood ratio; LR−, negative likelihood ratio; AUC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.