Validation of self-reported oral health among Indonesian adolescents

BMC Oral Health

Table 3 Validity of self-reporting oral health conditions relative to clinical evaluation of the 15-year-old Indonesian adolescents (n = 572)

Self-reported condition	AUC	95% CI	SN (%)	SP (%)	LR+	LR−
Dental caries
Caries presence (Decay ≥ 1)	0.627	0.579–0.674	47.7	77.7	2.14	0.67
Caries cut off (Decay > 2)	0.623	0.575–0.670	54.2	70.3	1.82	0.65
Tooth loss	0.582	0.454–0.710	25.0	91.4	2.91	0.82
Filling	0.695	0.525–0.866	42.9	96.2	11	0.59

AUC area under curve, CI confidence interval, SN sensitivity, SP specificity, LR+ likelihood ratio for positive value, LR− likelihood ratio for negative value

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