Table 3. Performance of Japanese risk scores for predicting IVIG resistance (by age group)

Group Risk score Sens Spec PPV NPV Acc AUC
Overall(n = 10,352) Kobayashi 0.46 0.77 0.28 0.88 0.72 0.66
Egami 0.47 0.73 0.26 0.88 0.69 0.64
Sano 0.33 0.86 0.33 0.87 0.78 0.64
< 6 m(n = 957) Kobayashi 0.45 0.77 0.20 0.91 0.73 0.66
Egami 0.47 0.68 0.17 0.91 0.66 0.63
Sano 0.27 0.88 0.23 0.90 0.81 0.61
6–11 m(n = 1,354) Kobayashi 0.53 0.73 0.22 0.92 0.71 0.66
Egami 0.49 0.77 0.23 0.91 0.74 0.68
Sano 0.35 0.90 0.33 0.91 0.83 0.66
12–59 m(n = 6,799) Kobayashi 0.44 0.79 0.30 0.87 0.73 0.66
Egami 0.46 0.73 0.26 0.87 0.69 0.63
Sano 0.34 0.86 0.33 0.86 0.77 0.64
≥ 60 m(n = 1,242) Kobayashi 0.50 0.74 0.32 0.86 0.69 0.68
Egami 0.48 0.74 0.30 0.86 0.69 0.65
Sano 0.31 0.86 0.34 0.84 0.75 0.62
IVIG: intravenous immunoglobulin; Sens, sensitivity; Spec, specificity; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; Acc, accuracy; AUC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.