Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A new test was compared with the reference standard in a study (see the 2 × 2 table). Find the prevalence in the study p as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.
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Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A new test was compared with the reference standard in a study (see the 2 × 2 table). Find the sensitivity Se as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). In a cohort, groups of people were followed for different lengths of time (see the table: number of people and years of follow-up for each). During follow-up, 100 new cases occurred. Find the incidence rate IR per 1000 person-years. Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). In a cohort, groups of people were followed for different lengths of time (see the table: number of people and years of follow-up for each). During follow-up, 28 new cases occurred. Find the incidence rate IR per 1000 person-years. Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A screening test has a sensitivity of 90% and a specificity of 88%. It is used in a population where the prevalence is 2%. Find the positive predictive value PPV as a percentage. Round to one decimal place.
Practice exercise (made-up values, not clinical guidance). A treatment reduces the risk of an event by 50% in relative terms (RRR = 50%). In a patient group the risk without treatment (CER) is 20% over five years. Find the number needed to treat NNT for five years to prevent one event. Round up to a whole number of patients.
Answer key
- 1. p = 15.5 %
- 2. Se = 71.2 %
- 3. IR = 49.1 per 1000 person-years
- 4. IR = 50 per 1000 person-years
- 5. PPV = 13.3 %
- 6. NNT = 10
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