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Why The Gold Standard?
Message posted by cindy (via 198.81.16.49) on February 25, 2002 at 12:06 PM (ET)
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Question:
The table below gives the results for a diabetes sceening.
The cutoff level for blood glucose is 160mg/dl as a poasitive for diabetes.
Diabetes Non Diabetes Total
+ 50 30 80
- 200 9720 9920
250 9750 10,000
Now lower the cutoff level to 140 mg/dl. 100 of 200 people who then tested positive were among the 9,750 people found by the Gold Standard test NOt to have diabetes.
Answer?
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Re: Why The Gold Standard?
Message posted by JG (via 24.42.170.149) on February 28, 2002 at 8:19 AM (ET)
What 'gold standard' are we talking about? Is this medical jargon?
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