Table 4.

Operating Characteristics of the Male Osteoporosis Risk Estimation Score in Predicting Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis
Any siteL-Vertebra
Sensitivity* (95% CI)Specificity* (95% CI)AUC*Sensitivity* (95% CI)Specificity* (95% CI)AUC*
Overall (all men; n = 2944)0.655 (0.582–0.721)0.675 (0.649–0.701)0.7280.582 (0.460–0.694)0.652 (0.627–0.676)0.657
By Race/Ethnicity
    White (n = 1720)0.599 (0.518–0.675)0.694 (0.666–0.721)0.7210.511 (0.381–0.639)0.672 (0.646–0.698)0.653
    African-American (n = 483)0.787 (0.486–0.935)0.629 (0.582–0.673)0.7810.763 (0.253–0.969)0.616 (0.566–0.664)0.786
    Mexican-American (n = 573)0.713 (0.578–0.819)0.588 (0.528–0.645)0.7030.596 (0.395–0.768)0.555 (0.499–0.610)0.601
    Other (n = 168)0.951 (0.825–0.987)0.551 (0.449–0.650)0.6750.904 (0.662–0.978)0.499 (0.402–0.596)0.648
  • * All values were adjusted for sampling and design effects using SUDAAN software.

  • AUC, area under the curve.