Context Urologists regularly develop clinical risk prediction models to support clinical
decisions. In contrast to traditional performance measures, decision curve analysis (DCA) …

This review provides the basic principle and rational for ROC analysis of rating and
continuous diagnostic test results versus a gold standard. Derived indexes of accuracy, in …

Importance The Third International Consensus Definitions Task Force defined sepsis as “life-
threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection.” The …

ROC curve analysis is often applied to measure the diagnostic accuracy of a biomarker. The
analysis results in two gains: diagnostic accuracy of the biomarker and the optimal cut-point …

Background & Aims Non-invasive scoring systems (NSS) are used to identify patients with
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who are at risk of advanced fibrosis, but their …

Continuous diagnostic tests are often used for discriminating between healthy and diseased
populations. For the clinical application of such tests, it is useful to select a cutpoint or …

Gene or protein expression data are usually represented by metric or at least ordinal
variables. In order to translate a continuous variable into a clinical decision, it is necessary to …

Sažetak There are several criteria for determination of the most appropriate cut-off value in a
diagnostic test with continuous results. Mostly based on receiver operating characteristic …

Praise for the First Edition"... the book is a valuable addition to the literature in the field,
serving as a much-needed guide for both clinicians and advanced students."—Zentralblatt …

Background and Purpose The purposes of this study were to standardize and validate a
Korean version of the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI-K), and to evaluate its clinical usefulness …