The A1C test had low sensitivity and modest positive and negative predictive values, although it had a high specificity.
106 107 The diagnostic accuracy of serum anti-dsDNA is also modest with positive and negative likelihood ratios ranging from 1.5 4.8 and 0.3 0.8, respectively.
"The energy security, environmental and economic benefits of biofuels production based on agricultural commodity feed stocks are at best modest, and sometimes even negative," says the report, prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
A number of areas showed no change (green regions in Fig. 2), with a few regions of CA1 and subiculum showing modest (and non-significant) negative effect sizes (blue regions, Fig. 2).
At this time the role of anti-EGFR therapy in BTC is modest, with variable results and negative, though relatively small, unselected randomised trials.
There were also modest associations, both positive and negative, with specific taxa.
We also observed a modest negative association between participation and negative affect over time (β03= -0.71, p < 0.05) for those who ceased participation before age 70, suggesting that even unsustained social activity (as compared to no involvement) in older adulthood is psychologically beneficial in the long term.
Using a BNP level of less than 250 pg/ml to diagnose ALI/ARDS had good specificity (90%) and modest sensitivity (40%), with positive and negative likelihood ratios of 4.0 and 0.67, respectively.
There was a weak positive correlation between elevation and both distance (r = 0.12) and percentage of transmitters visible (r = 0.15), and a modest negative correlation between distance and percentage of transmitters visible (r = -0.55).
