Table 4

Performance of the original and updated New Zealand tables and the European tables

New Zealand table:
5 year CVD risk
> 20%
New Zealand table:
5 year CVD risk
> 10%
Updated New Zealand table: 5 year CVD risk > 20% Updated New Zealand table: 5 year CVD risk > 10% European table: 10 year CHD risk > 20%
True positives 3517264233135
False positives  221478772
True negatives604390559324439
False negatives 50108214745
Sensitivity (%) (95% CI) 41.2 (28.7 to 57.3)61.4  (52.8  to  68.4)75.3  (62.2  to  84.7)83.2  (77.6  to  87.7)75.0  (66.5  to  81.8)
Specificity (%) (95% CI) 99.7 (98.8 to 100)94.9 (92.2 to  96.8)92.2 (89.7 to  94.3)78.8 (73.9 to  84.8)85.9 (82.3 to  89.0)
Positive predictive value (%) (95% CI) 94.6 (80.5 to 99.3)89.1 (83.4 to  93.3)57.7 (43.7 to  76.5)72.8 (66.4 to  78.2)65.2 (56.2 to  72.8)
Negative predictive value (%) (95% CI) 92.4 (89.9 to 94.3)78.3 (73.8 to  82.2)96.4 (94.5 to  97.7)87.3 (83.1 to  90.7)90.7 (87.6 to  93.2)