… We now describe methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy data in the form of 2
× 2 tables, in approximate order of increasing complexity and statistical rigor. Table 2 …

… Studies of diagnostic accuracy require more sophisticated methods for their meta-analysis …
A number of different, and apparently divergent, methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic …

… diagnostic accuracy and describe three issues that are specific to appraising and quantifying
their results. Second, we report a meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy … diagnostic tool …

… We hope to explain for readers what they can expect from a diagnostic accuracy review, and
how the results of these reviews can be used in clinical and laboratory practice. A selection …

… Reports of diagnostic accuracy often differ. The authors … The curve is useful for summarizing
a body of diagnostic accuracy … Examples from clinical chemistry and diagnostic radiology …

… –the first diagnostic accuracy meta-analysis of the … a meta-regression analysis of logit
diagnostic OR using a priori potential sources of heterogeneity entered as covariates in the meta-…

… with the quality assessment for diagnostic accuracy studies. A … the bivariate model for
diagnostic metaanalysis was used to … and meta-analysis that summarises the diagnostic accuracy …

… diagnostic test for deep vein thrombosis (DVT). We aimed to derive a definitive estimate of the
diagnostic accuracy of US … DVT and identify study-level factors that might predict accuracy. …

… Metaanalysis is a part of the methodology and uses statistical methods to integrate the …
review and meta-analysis appears to be increasingly used in the field of diagnostic test accuracy (…

… quality of diagnostic accuracy studies … diagnostic accuracy studies’ adherence to the STARD
checklist in any research field. Our main objective was to find out how diagnostic accuracy …