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Table 4 Genetic score sensitivities and specificities predicting autism in siblings of affected children.

From: Assessing the impact of a combined analysis of four common low-risk genetic variants on autism risk

Genetic score

AGRE sample

Seattle sample

 

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

2*

1.00

0.00

1.00

0.00

3

0.99 (0.98 to 1.00)

0.02 (0.00 to 0.03)

0.99 (0.97 to 1.00)

0.01 (0.00 to 0.03)

4

0.94 (0.92 to 0.97)

0.06 (0.03 to 0.09)

0.95 (0.92 to 0.98)

0.04 (0.00 to 0.07)

5

0.81 (0.76 to 0.86)

0.26 (0.21 to 0.31)

0.81 (0.75 to 0.87)

0.26 (0.18 to 0.35)

6

0.50 (0.44 to 0.56)

0.67 (0.61 to 0.73)

0.50 (0.43 to 0.57)

0.65 (0.55 to 0.74)

7

0.19 (0.14 to 0.25)

0.91 (0.87 to 0.96)

0.17 (0.12 to 0.22)

0.93 (0.87 to 0.98)

8

0.09 (0.05 to 0.12)

0.98 (0.96 to 1.00)

0.08 (0.04 to 0.12)

0.98 (0.96 to 1.00)

  1. AGRE, Autism Genetic Resource Exchange; CI, confidence interval.
  2. aReference group.