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Score-specific likelihood ratios of Eurotest and post-test probabilities of dementia associated with different prevalences of dementia |
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| Eurotest score |
Patients with dementia* |
Patients with no dementia* |
LR |
Prevalence of dementia |
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| 0.05 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.27# |
0.5 |
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| ≤ 16 |
76 (0.75) |
28 (0.07) |
10.7 |
0.35 |
0.54 |
0.73 |
0.8 |
0.91 |
| 17–18 |
7 (0.07) |
17 (0.04) |
2.8 |
0.08 |
0.24 |
0.41 |
0.51 |
0.74 |
| 19–20 |
9 (0.09) |
25 (0.06) |
1.5 |
0.07 |
0.14 |
0.27 |
0.36 |
0.60 |
| 21–22 |
4 (0.04) |
27 (0.07) |
0.6 |
0.03 |
0.06 |
0.13 |
0.17 |
0.37 |
| ≥ 23 |
5 (0.05) |
283 (0.74) |
0.07 |
<0.01 |
<0.01 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.06 |
| Total |
101 (1.00) |
380 (1.00) |
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LR, likelihood ratio. *Number of subjects (probability within the column). #Prevalence in this study. | ||||||||
Carnero-Pardo et al. BMC Neurology 2006 6:15 doi:10.1186/1471-2377-6-15 |
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