Risk categorization for calculating net reclassification improvement

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 607-609

  Takahara, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Katakami, Naoto ^a   Kaneto, Hideaki ^a   Shimomura, Iichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

BODY MASS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LIKELIHOOD RATIO; NET RECLASSIFICATION IMPROVEMENT; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84884289536     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-013-9824-9     Document Type: Letter

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