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Table 3 Genetic score (GS) sensitivities and specificities with their 95% CIs by sex estimated in the exploratory sample

From: Autism risk assessment in siblings of affected children using sex-specific genetic scores

Genetic score threshold

Males

Females

 

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

3

1.00

0.000

-

-

4

1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)

0.01 (0.01 to 0.02)

1.00

0.00

5

0.97 (0.94 to 1.00)

0.03 (0.02 to 0.05)

1.00

0.00

6

0.90 (0.85 to 0.94)

0.19 (0.15 to 0.22)

1.00

0.00

7

0.75 (0.70 to 0.80)

0.41 (0.36 to 0.46)

1.00

0.00

8

0.47 (0.43 to 0.52)

0.64 (0.59 to 0.69)

0.99 (0.98 to 1.00)

0.10 (0.00 to 0.19)

9

0.24 (0.19 to 0.28)

0.86 (0.82 to 0.90)

0.90 (0.85 to 0.96)

0.20 (0.15 to 0.25)

10

0.08 (0.06 to 0.11)

0.95 (0.92 to 0.97)

0.78 (0.71 to 0.85)

0.40 (0.31 to 0.49)

11

0.02 (0.01 to 0.04)

0.98 (0.96 to 0.99)

0.61 (0.52 to 0.69)

0.65 (0.57 to 0.74)

12

0.00

1.00

0.37 (0.29 to 0.44)

0.86 (0.80 to 0.92)

13

-

-

0.17 (0.11 to 0.23)

0.94 (0.89 to 0.98)

14

-

-

0.03 (0.01 to 0.06)

0.99 (0.97 to 1.00)

  1. The two GSs chosen as threshold value to define children with a higher risk of autism in males and in females are shown in bold.