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Self-reported and measured BMI in Ireland: Should we adjust the obesity thresholds?
Madden, David - 2013
Using the nationally representative Slan dataset of 2007 we analyse the relationship between self-reported and measured BMI. We find that selfreported BMI significantly underestimates obesity rates and suggest that the traditional threshold of 30 should be adjusted downwards. We outline a number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293704
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Self-reported and measured BMI in Ireland : should we adjust the obesity thresholds?
Madden, David - 2013
Using the nationally representative Slan dataset of 2007 we analyse the relationship between self-reported and measured BMI. We find that selfreported BMI significantly underestimates obesity rates and suggest that the traditional threshold of 30 should be adjusted downwards. We outline a number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733392
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Self-Reported and Measured BMI in Ireland: Should We Adjust the Obesity Thresholds?
Madden, David - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2013
Using the nationally representative Slan dataset of 2007 we analyse the relationship between self-reported and measured BMI. We find that self-reported BMI significantly underestimates obesity rates and suggest that the traditional threshold of 30 should be adjusted downwards. We outline a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610113
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Self-Reported and Measured BMI in Ireland: Should We Adjust the Obesity Thresholds?
Madden, D. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2013
Using the nationally representative Slan dataset of 2007 we analyse the relationship between self-reported and measured BMI. We find that selfreported BMI significantly underestimates obesity rates and suggest that the traditional threshold of 30 should be adjusted downwards. We outline a number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010631745
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Comparative assessment of three common algorithms for estimating the variance of the area under the nonparametric receiver operating characteristic curve
Cleves, Mario A. - 2002
The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve is often used to summarize and compare the discriminatory accuracy of a diagnostic test or modality, and to evaluate the predictive power of statistical models for binary outcomes. Parametric maximum likelihood methods for fitting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442283
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Empirical Likelihood Confidence Intervals for the Sensitivity of a Continuous-Scale Diagnostic Test
Davis, Angela Elaine - 2007
lead to improved treatment and thus reduce medical mistakes. The sensitivity and specificity are two important measurements … confidence interval for the sensitivity at a fixed level of specificity for the test. In this thesis, we propose three empirical … likelihood intervals for the sensitivity. Simulation studies are conducted to compare the empirical likelihood based confidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463421
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Statistical Inferences for the Youden Index
Zhou, Haochuan - 2011
of sensitivity and specificity for all the possible values of the cut-point. This dissertation concentrates on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480799
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Correcting verification bias in the assessment of the accuracy of diagnostic tests
He, Hua (1969; McDermott, Michael P.; Huang, Li-shan
Sensitivity and specificity are common measures of the accuracy of a diagnostic test. The usual estimators of these … connecting the (sensitivity, 1? specificity) points at each cutpoint of the test using step functions and/or line segments. This …, possibly depending on the result of the diagnostic test and other characteristics of the subjects. Estimators of sensitivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482975
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Assessing cure status prediction from survival data using ROC curves
Amico, Mai͏̈lis; Van Keilegom, Ingrid - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012050831
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Two-graph receiver operating characteristic
Reichenheim, Michael E. - In: Stata Journal 2 (2002) 4, pp. 351-357
The command roctg allows visualizing sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp) curves according to the range of values of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005178351