Table 3

Discriminative value of three facial expressions after first stimulus slide (cartoon)

Expression
SurpriseFrownSmile
Observer #1Observer #2Observer #1Observer #2Observer #1Observer #2
Disease+ (median)000000
Disease+ (IQR)(0–0)(0–0)(0–0)(0–0)(0–0)(0–1)
*Range disease+0–30–00–10–00–50–5
Disease− (median)1.92.40.61.11.31.8
Disease− (IQR)(0–2)(0–3)(0–2)(0–2)(0–2)(0–4)
*Range disease−0–110–130–40–50–100–12
†p (Disease+ vs Disease−)*0.0330.0220.12
Area under ROC curve0.752 (0.52–.87)0.724 (0.49–0.85)0.571 (0.33–0.71
  • *Maximum possible scores: surprise=15, frown=5, smile=20.

  • †Mann–Whitney U.