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Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
Specificity is the ... #Specificity #PositivePredictiveValue ... #NegativePredictiveValue ... #Calculation #Table ... NPV #Formulas #Statistics
Important Biostatistics and Epidemiology Equations

Sensitivity = TP / (TP + FN) = true positives / disease
/ (1 – Specificity ... ) / Specificity ... Sensitivity vs ... Biostatistics #statistics ... Epidemiology #Equations #calculations
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
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
Specificity Calculation - Probability that a test correctly identifies those without the disease (true negative rate)

Specificity
Specificity Calculation ... negative rate) Specificity ... TN / (FP + TN) Specificity ... Biostatistics #statistics ... Epidemiology #Equations #calculations
Sensitivity Calculation - Probability that a test correctly identifies those with the disease (true positive rate)

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