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Methods Inf Med 2015; 54(04): 382-383
DOI: 10.3414/ME15-04-0004
DOI: 10.3414/ME15-04-0004
Letter to the Editor
Youden’s Index and the Likelihood Ratio Positive in Diagnostic Testing
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Publikationsverlauf
received:
13. April 2015
accepted:
12. Mai 2015
Publikationsdatum:
22. Januar 2018 (online)
Summary
We refer to a recent letter to the editor by Hughes [1] and show that, despite existing similarities between Youden’s index and the log-likelihood ratio positive, important differences between these two measures remain to exist which can play an important difference in clinical practice.
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References
- 1 Hughes G. Youden’s index and the Weight of Evidence. Methods Inf Med 2015; 54: 198-199.
- 2 Böhning D, Holling H, Patilea V. A Limitation of the Diagnostic-Odds Ration in Determining an optimal Cut-Off Value for a Continuous Diagnostic Test. Statist Meth Med Res 2011; 20: 541-550.