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Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
will correctly diagnose ... #PositivePredictiveValue ... #NegativePredictiveValue ... #Calculation #Table ... NPV #Formulas #Statistics
Positive Predictive Value Calculation - Probability that someone with a positive test actually has the disease

Positive
Predictive Value Calculation ... Positives #PositivePredictiveValue ... Biostatistics #statistics ... Epidemiology #Equations #calculations ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Negative Predictive Value Calculation - Probability that someone with a negative test truly does not have
Predictive Value Calculation ... Negatives #NegativePredictiveValue ... Biostatistics #statistics ... Epidemiology #Equations #calculations ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Specificity Calculation - Probability that a test correctly identifies those without the disease (true negative rate)

Specificity
Specificity Calculation ... TN / (FP + TN) Specificity ... Biostatistics #statistics ... Epidemiology #Equations #calculations ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
disease present Specificity ... Sensitivity) / Specificity ... Biostatistics #statistics ... Epidemiology #Equations #calculations ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Sensitivity Calculation - Probability that a test correctly identifies those with the disease (true positive rate)

Sensitivity
Sensitivity Calculation ... Biostatistics #statistics ... Epidemiology #Equations #calculations ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
It's eye-opening to realize how many tests with reasonable-appearing sensitivity or specificity will end up being
sensitivity or specificity ... despite having a specificity ... #Diagnosis #Statistics ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
This requires defining some general cutoff values for likelihood ratios.  These are admittedly arbitrary, but
between sensitivity/specificity ... likelihood ratios: #Diagnosis ... #Statistics #Sensitivity ... #Specificity #LikelihoodRatios
Diagnostic Accuracy of Electrocardiographic Criteria for Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Circulation 2009 #EBM #Diagnosis #Cardiology #LVH #Hypertrophy
Diagnostic Accuracy ... Ventricular Hypertrophy Circulation ... 2009 #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Sensitivity #Specificity
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
Specificity (rule ... FN) Higher specificity ... Biostatistics #formulas #calculations ... #diagnosis