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Table 3 Lack of early improvement cut-offs (0–20%) as predictors of nonresponse to antipsychotics at endpoint

From: Early non-response as a predictor of later non-response to antipsychotics in schizophrenia: a randomized trial

Evaluation time of early improvement

Cutoff value

Total accuracy (%)

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Week 2

 ≤ 0%

68.0

12.8

98.7

84.8

67.1

 < 5%

78.6

51.5

93.6

81.7

77.7

 < 10%

79.2

70.8

83.8

70.8

83.8

 < 15%

74.0

93.4

63.2

58.5

94.6

 < 20%

74.0

93.4

63.1

58.5

94.5

Week 4

 ≤ 0%

64.5

0.7

100.0

100.0

64.4

 < 5%

67.7

8.9

100.0

100.0

66.6

 < 10%

75.6

31.9

99.6

98.0

72.7

 < 15%

85.8

68.0

95.6

89.6

84.4

 < 20%

90.7

87.5

92.5

86.7

93.0

  1. PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value