Table 3

AUC values of ROC curves and Harrell's C

Harrell's CAUC at 1 yearAUC at 3 yearsAUC at 5 years
Prediction model0.79 (0.74 to 0.84)0.81 (0.76 to 0.87)0.83 (0.78 to 0.88)0.82 (0.74 to 0.89)
Cross validation0.77 (0.68 to 0.85)0.79 (0.67 to 0.89)0.80 (0.67 to 0.90)0.79 (0.60 to 0.94)
Prediction rule0.78 (0.73 to 0.84)0.81 (0.76 to 0.86)0.83 (0.78 to 0.88)0.82 (0.75 to 0.89)
Smaller prediction model*0.77 (0.72 to 0.82)0.80 (0.75 to 0.86)0.81 (0.76 to 0.87)0.79 (0.71 to 0.87)
Prediction model 2010 RA criteria0.79 (0.74 to 0.85)0.82 (0.77 to 0.87)0.83 (0.78 to 0.89)0.82 (0.75 to 0.90)
Prediction model 1987 RA criteria0.77 (0.69 to 0.85)0.80 (0.72 to 0.88)0.81 (0.74 to 0.88)0.81 (0.72 to 0.90)
  • *Prediction model created with p removal 0.05.

  • AUC: area under the curve; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; ROC: receiver operating characteristic. Values are presented with the 95% CI between brackets.