Age and African-American race impact the validity and reliability of the asthma control test in persistent asthmatics

Table 4 Screening accuracy of the ACT for not well controlled asthma in non-African-American teens

ACT score	κ	Sensitivity	Specificity	PPV	NPV	AUC
≤14	0.161	0.143	1.000	1.000	0.613	0.571
≤15	0.315	0.286	1.000	1.000	0.655	0.643
≤16	0.390	0.357	1.000	1.000	0.679	0.679
≤17	0.329	0.357	0.947	0.833	0.667	0.652
≤18	0.402	0.429	0.947	0.857	0.692	0.688
≤19	0.355	0.500	0.842	0.700	0.696	0.671
≤20	0.494	0.643	0.842	0.750	0.762	0.742
≤21	0.570	0.786	0.789	0.733	0.833	0.788
≤22	0.530	0.929	0.632	0.650	0.923	0.780
≤23	0.371	0.929	0.474	0.565	0.900	0.701
≤24	0.281	1.000	0.316	0.519	1.000	0.658

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