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. 2017 Apr;145(4):571-572.
doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2002_16.

Choice of criterion used in the receiver operating characteristic analysis

Farrokh Habibzadeh  1 , Parham Habibzadeh  2 , Mahboobeh Yadollahie  3
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Choice of criterion used in the receiver operating characteristic analysis

Farrokh Habibzadeh et al. Indian J Med Res. 2017 Apr.
No abstract available

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Part of the receiver operating characteristic curve plotted based on the data retrieved from Fig. 2a of Ref. . The white circle corresponds to the cut-off point derived by the authors of the article. The green square corresponds to a higher cut-off value when the prior probability is considered 9 per cent (the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in general population) instead of 41 per cent (the prevalence in the referral centre where the study was conducted), and the red triangle corresponds to a lower cut-off value, when the cost of a false negative test result is assumed 10 (instead of 5) times a false positive result.
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  • Authors' Response.
    Mohan A, Reddy SA, Sachan A, Sarma KVS, Kumar DP, Panchagnula MV, Rao PVLNS, Kumar BS, Krishnaprasanthi P. Mohan A, et al. Indian J Med Res. 2017 Apr;145(4):573-574. doi: 10.4103/0971-5916.213767. Indian J Med Res. 2017. PMID: 28862195 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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