The effect of disease-prevalence adjustments on the accuracy of a logistic prediction model

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-142

  Morise, Anthony P ^a   Diamond, George A ^b   Detrano, Robert ^b   Bobbio, Marco ^b   Gunel, Erdogan ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

accuracy; logistic prediction model; model transportability; prevalence adjustments

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029875996     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9601600205     Document Type: Article

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