Research Article

Validation of the Diagnostic Score for Acute Lower Abdominal Pain in Women of Reproductive Age

Table 6

Areas under receiver operating characteristic curves (AuROC) and positive likelihood ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) of the scoring system for appendicitis and OB-GYNc in the development and validation data.

DiagnosisDevelopmentValidation -value

Appendicitis
 AuROC0.796 (0.751–0.841)0.855 (0.811–0.898)0.068
 Positive likelihood ratio2.97 (2.26–3.92)4.39 (3.02–6.37)0.100
OB-GYNc
 AuROC0.808 (0.750–0.865)0.823 (0.765–0.881)0.706
 Positive likelihood ratio12.94 (7.91–21.17)8.73 (5.59–13.62)0.244