Mixture models in diagnostic meta-analyses-Clustering summary receiver operating characteristic curves accounted for heterogeneity and correlation

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10513911	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology	2015	12 Pages	PDF

Abstract

The proposed method offers an alternative approach to model between-study heterogeneity in a diagnostic meta-analysis. Furthermore, it is possible to construct sROC curves even if a positive correlation between sensitivity and specificity is present.

Keywords

Diagnostic accuracy studies Diagnosis Sensitivity and specificity Meta-analysis Mixture model

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Mixture models in diagnostic meta-analyses-Clustering summary receiver operating characteristic curves accounted for heterogeneity and correlation

Authors

Peter Schlattmann, Maryna Verba, Marc Dewey, Mario Walther,