Diagnostic Performance of McMonnies Questionnaire as a Screening Survey for Dry Eye: A Multicenter Analysis

Table 2

Sensitivities, specificities, LR+, and AUCs of the McMonnies questionnaire in different gender/age groups at a recommended cut-off point of 14.5.

Gender/age	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	LR+	AUC
Overall	69.5	64.3	1.95	0.729 (0.723, 0.735)
Male
Under 25 years	44.3	18.6	0.54	0.752 (0.736, 0.769)
25–45 years	61.7	23.7	0.81	0.734 (0.721, 0.747)
Over 45 years	71.4	47.4	1.36	0.665 (0.649, 0.681)
Female
Under 25 years	53.3	15.7	0.63	0.767 (0.749, 0.784)
25–45 years	73.6	46.6	1.38	0.699 (0.686, 0.711)
Over 45 years	88.2	69.7	2.91	0.661 (0.643, 0.679)

LR+: positive likelihood ratio; AUC: area under the receiver-operating characteristics curves.
Data presented as mean AUC (95% confidence interval).