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Table 5 The correct and misclassification error probabilities (%) of both abdominal wound dehiscence risk score at optimal cut off values and at values used in primary publications

From: The efficacy of risk scores for predicting abdominal wound dehiscence: a case-controlled validation study

Ā 

Specificity (%)

Sensitivity (%)

Falseā€‰+ā€‰(%)

False ā€“ (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

Accuracy (%)

Cut off value

VAMC score

94%

48%

5%

50%

75%

85%

83%

25 points

Ā 

70%

82%

29%

18%

48%

92%

73%

14 points*

Rotterdam score

98%

20%

2%

80%

73%

78%

78%

5.8 points

Ā 

71%

73%

29%

27%

45%

89%

71%

3.8 points*

  1. *Cut off values used in primary publications.