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Sensitivity Specificity False-Positive False-Negative Contingency Table / confusion matrix

Sensitivity refers to the test's ability to correctly
FalsePositive #FalseNegative ... ConfusionMatrix #Biostatistics
What is Fecal Occult Blood Testing (FOBT)
 • Screening for colorectal cancer in average risk population
UMassGI #Fecal #OccultBlood ... FalsePositives #FalseNegatives
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
Important Biostatistics ... = Rule IN #Biostatistics
Causes of Inaccurate Fecal Occult Blood Test Results 

False Positive gFOBT:
Ingestion of nonhuman heme (eg, meat
#FOBT #Fecal #OccultBlood ... FalsePositive #FalseNegative
TYPE I & TYPE II ERRORS 

SENSITIVITY & SPECIFICITY = SNOUT & SPIN 
Sensitive Tests that
Type2 #Errors #Biostatistics
An Overview on P-Values

"The widespread use of "statistical significance" (generally interpreted as "p <= 0.05") as
#PValues #BioStatistics
Likelihood Ratios - Probability
Remember 2/5/10 and 15/30/45:
 • LR of 2 increases the probability by 15%
LRs #diagnosis #biostatistics
Cameron lesions are gastric erosions of the mucosal folds near the diaphragmatic hiatus in the presence
Gastroenterology #occultbleed
Misinterpretation of the P-value 

P-value - Probability for a given statistical model under the null hypothesis
Misinterpretation #biostatistics
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics ... #Epidemiology #Biostatistics