Limitations of sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratio, and Bayes' theorem in assessing diagnostic probabilities: A clinical example

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-17

  Moons, Karel G M ^a   Van Es, Gerrit Anne ^b   Deckers, Joap W ^a   Habbema, J Dik F ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; coronary artery disease; diagnosis; exercise test; likelihood ratio; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXERCISE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031021331     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199701000-00002     Document Type: Article

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