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Table 3 Test characteristics of TUG for identifying fallers

From: The association between timed up and go test and history of falls: The Tromsø study

 

12s

13s

14s

15s

16s

17s

n (TUG>x)

239/114

183/84

142/60

102/44

85/27

66/23

Sensitivity

0.44/0.37

0.35/0.30

0.26/0.20

0.20/0.18

0.17/0.11

0.14/0.11

Specificity

0.58/0.79

0.69/0.86

0.75/0.90

0.83/0.94

0.86/0.97

0.90/0.98

PPV

0.43/0.54

0.44/0.58

0.42/0.57

0.45/0.68

0.47/0.70

0.48/0.78

NPV

0.60/0.65

0.60/0.65

0.59/0.63

0.60/0.63

0.60/0.62

0.60/0.62

  1. X – cut-off for TUG. n(TUG>x) – number of subjects above cut-off. PPV – positive predictive value. NPV – negative predictive value.