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Differences in Predictive Values of Obesity Indicators for Metabolic Syndrome, according to Gender and Age
국문요약 ⅰ 차례 ⅱ 그림차례 ⅲ 표차례 ⅳ Ⅰ. 서론 1 Ⅱ. 연구대상 및 방법 3 A. 연구대상자 3 B. 신체계측 및 혈액검사 3 C. 연구방법 4 D. 통계방법 4 Ⅲ. 결과 5 A.일반적 특성 및 비만 지표와 대사증후군의 유병률과의 관계 5 B.연령 및 성별에 따른 각 비만지표의 대사증후군에 대한 AUC 8 Ⅳ. 고찰 10 Ⅴ. 결론 13 참고문헌 14 ABSTRACT 18
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Abdominal vacuum lift as an aid to diagnosing abdominal adhesions
… Yet there are still weaknesses in the predictive power of these procedures. For such procedures to be successfully implemented into clinical medicine and offer non invasive methods to diagnosing adhesions, they must first be able to offer higher percentage predictive values. We have …
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The accuracy of 2D transvaginal ultrasound in the diagnosis of benign endometrial pathology: a comparison between ultrasonography and hysteroscopy
… Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were calculated for ultrasonography and hysteroscopy in diagnosing benign endometrial pathology by comparing them to histological diagnosis as gold standard. The most common pathologies identified at histology were polyps and …
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CSPINE (Correlating Soft tissue Projections in Injured NEcks) A descriptive study on measuring prevertebral soft tissue thickness as a ratio of vertebral body width in paediatric cervical spine trauma
… and 81.8% (95%CI:70.4-90.2%), with negative predictive values of 90.9% (95%CI:81.3-96.6%) and 91.5% (95%CI:81.3-97.2%) respectively. Conclusions: Consistent and specific ratios exist in the upper and lower paediatric C-spine. Both ratios have extremely poor sensitivities and positive …
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Bayesian approaches to problems in diagnostic testing and underreported count data.
… chapter describes Bayesian joint estimation for predictive values of continuous diagnostic tests. We find that allowing for uncertainty in disease prevalence is essential for producing unbiased estimation regions. In the second chapter, we assess the effect of state-level immigration policy on …
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Luminex Microsphere Immunoassay Offers an Improved Method in Testing for Antibodies to Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus in Sentinel Chicken Sera
… and specificity, positive and negative predictive values of this new protocol as compared with MAC-ELISA as a reference standard indicated that both tests were remarkably similar; Providing sensitivity near 80%, specificity and PPV at 99%, and negative predictive values at 90% for …
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An evaluation of culture-specific risk factors and emotion regulation strategies on psychological distress and maladaptive behaviors among Asian Americans
… and acculturative stress). In addition, the predictive values of non-culture specific risk factors, such as emotion dysregulation and experiential avoidance, were examined. Acculturation-related stressors and difficulties with emotion regulation increased risk for maladjustment within the …
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Il ruolo dell'ecografia prenatale nell'infezione congenita da Citomegalovirus
… sonographic findings, respectively. Positive predictive values of ultrasound versus symptomatic congenital infection was 35.3% relating to all fetuses/infants from mothers with primary infection and 78.3% relating to fetuses/infants with congenital infection. CONCLUSION: When fetal infection …
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Reliability and validity of selected pain provocation tests at the sacroiliac joint
… sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values. Percentage agreement between examiners was 76% and Cohen's kappa findings included a kappa = 0.475 overall. Total validity findings included; sensitivity 0.34, specificity 0.93, positive predictive value 0.70 and negative …
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Burning down the House: Emotional Labor, Burnout and Real Estate Sales Professionals
… analyses were conducted to evaluate the predictive values of emotional labor components with burnout components. Findings in this study indicated that real estate sales professionals may rarely be required to display feelings in prescribed ways due to the autonomous nature of real estate …
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Validation of the Ottawa Ankle Rules for Acute Foot and Ankle Injuries
… high number of false positives and low positive predictive values. Adding one or more predictor variables may improve the validity of the OARs in the acute setting.
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Distribuição de valores de medidas antropométricas e avaliação do estado nutricional de escolares de 7 a 10 anos de idade, da cidade de Santos - SP
… Obesity Task Force (IOTF), for comparison the predictive values of the two criteria in relation to body fat percentage. Percentile tables were constructed for all studied variables. Results: The total prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity was 3.7%, 15.7% and 18.0%, respectively. In …
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Dangerous predictions: evaluation methods for and consequences of predicting dangerous behavior
… a recommendation that the positive and negative predictive values deserve more emphasis than typically provided in the literature. A thorough review is given for cross-validation, an important but often ignored evaluation strategy in developing predictive models. The bias-variance trade-off in …
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Patient Perception of Negative Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing Results
… NIPT has higher detection rates and positive predictive values than previous methods; however, NIPT is not diagnostic. Studies suggest patients may underestimate the limitations of prenatal screening. Therefore, we conducted a prospective cross-sectional study of ninety-four women from genetic …
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Screening for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in perinatally infected youth: Validation of the CAT-rapid version 2 screening tool
… and specificity, positive and negative predictive values, positive and negative likelihood ratios, disease prevalence and the overall accuracy of the screening tool. A Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC) curve was constructed to investigate the sensitivity, specificity, positive and …
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Evaluation of HB&L Automated System for Rapid Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections // Оценка на автоматизираната система HB&L за бърза диагностика на инфекции на уринарния тракт
… sensitivity, and positive and negative predictive values. Based on the results, a working algorithm for the accurate and rapid diagnosis of urinary tract infections on the day of puncture was developed. Recommendations for empirical therapy in patients after a study of local resistance …
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The diagnostic test accuracy of clinical swallow assessment for oropharyngeal aspiration: a systematic review.
… fluoroscopic study and the positive and negative predictive values. Where this data was not reported in the studies, these measures were calculated from the reported raw data. Search strategy: Thirteen major databases were searched from their inception until April 31st 2012. There were no limits …
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Efficacy of the Bromsulfophthalein (BSP) 30-Minute Retention Test for the Diagnosis of Hepatobiliary Disease in Dogs
… disease. Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of the BSP retention test were calculated, and its sensitivity was comparable to that of serum bile acid and ammonia testing. Using 6.0% retention as a cut-off for normal retention resulted in a specificity of 100%, sensitivity of …
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Fully automated computer system for diagnosis of corneal diseases. Development of image processing technologies for the diagnosis of Acanthamoeba and Fusarium diseases in confocal microscopy images
… the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. The positive predictive values rate of cysts for Acanthamoeba images was 76%. For detected hyphae in Fusarium images, many standard measurements were computed. The accuracy of their values was quantified by calculating the percent error rate for each measurement …
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