Evaluating clinical utility in diagnostic tests: Likelihood ratios confidence intervals and proposal of a simple index

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¹ Department of Cardiology, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Department of Medical Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil.
⁴ Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Hematology, Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁶ Clinical Research and Technological Development Divison, Research and Innovation Coordination, National Cancer Institute (INCA), Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁷ Professional Master's Program in Health Technology Assessment, Teaching and Research Coordination, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia (INC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

José Nunes de Alencar et al. J Evid Based Med. 2024 Sep.

. 2024 Sep;17(3):477-479.

doi: 10.1111/jebm.12641. Epub 2024 Sep 11.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Department of Medical Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, Brazil.
⁴ Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Hematology, Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁶ Clinical Research and Technological Development Divison, Research and Innovation Coordination, National Cancer Institute (INCA), Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁷ Professional Master's Program in Health Technology Assessment, Teaching and Research Coordination, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia (INC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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