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Table 2 Diagnostic utility of the different cut-offs

From: Diagnostic value of a 3-day course of prednisolone in patients with possible rheumatoid arthritis – the TryCort study

Cut-off of subjective improvement

Pilot phase

Validation phase

 

Sensitivitya

Specificity

Sensitivity

Specificity

20%

93.3%

37.5%

79.2%

41.7%

30%

80.0%

66.7%

76.6%

58.3%

40%

73.3%

73.3%

66.0%

81.3%

50%

60.0%

80.0%

57.5%

91.7%

  1. aBased on fourfold table
  2. The safety analysis showed that ten patients (30%) had adverse events (AEs), five of them with gastrointestinal complaints which were considered drug-related AEs. No serious AEs were recognized