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Table 6 Overall performance, calibration, and discrimination ability of predicted propensity score in various TB screening models to predict bacteriologically confirmed TB

From: Sensitivity and specificity of tuberculosis signs and symptoms screening and adjunct role of social pathology characteristics in predicting bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis in Myanmar

Model performance measures

Various TB screening models to predict bacteriologically confirmed TB

Combined models

Social pathology model

TB-SS models

Validated data of social pathology model (Bootstrap resampling = 500)

A

B

C

D

E

C

Overall performance

 Nagelkerke R2

12.9%

11.8%

11.5%

2.7%

0.6%

11.9% (95% CI 9.8–13.8%)

 Brier score

0.0059

0.0059

0.006

0.006

0.006

0.0058 (95% CI 0.005–0.006)

Calibration

 Hosmer–Lemeshow test

0.005

0.604

0.787

1

1

0.502

 Slope

1

1

1

1

1

1

 Intercept

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Eavg

0.001

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.0006 (95% CI 0.0003–0.001)

 Emax

0.190

0.138

0.093

0.000

0.000

0.126 (95% CI 0.03–0.295)

Discrimination

 AUC

81.7

80.7

80.5

63.7

55.2

80.8 (95% CI 78.3–83.0)

 DeLong p value

0.0136

0.3606

Reference

0.0001

0.0001

 

 Discrimination slope

0.018

0.015

0.015

0.002

0.001

0.012 (95% CI 0.004–0.018)

  1. Combined model A includes significant social pathology characteristics and any TB-SS variable. Combined model B includes significant social pathology characteristics and any cough variable. Model C includes significant social pathology characteristics. TB-SS model D includes any TB-SS variable. TB-SS model E include any cough variable
  2. AUC area under the curve, Eavg average absolute error, Emax maximal absolute error, 95% CI 95% confidence interval by bootstrap resampling = 500