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A simulation study into the performance of "optimal" diagnostic thresholds in the population:"Large" effect sizes are not enough.

Abstract：

OBJECTIVES:Many diagnostic studies are aimed at defining "optimal" thresholds. Here, we evaluate the performance of empirically defined optimal thresholds (1) in the sample in which they were defined and (2) in the population from which the sample was drawn. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING:We simulated test results for 120,000 samples varying the number of people without a disease (n between 20 and 500), number of people with a disease (m between 20 and 500), the magnitude of the difference between group means [effect size (ES) between 0.5 and 4], and distributions (normal and log-normal). The thresholds associated with the maximal Youden index were defined as optimal. Performance was defined as the percentage of correct classifications in the sample and when applied to the whole population. RESULTS:At the population level, the thresholds defined for the four ESs (0.5, 0.8, 2, and 4) yielded a median of 59%, 65%, 83%, and 97% correct classifications, respectively. At the sample level, the samples with similar characteristics yielded widely varying estimates of the performance that were systematically higher than at the population level. CONCLUSION:Researchers need to be careful defining cut points for mean differences that are traditionally considered "large" (ES = 0.8). The diagnostic utility of optimal thresholds needs to be assessed in prospective studies.

journal_name

J Clin Epidemiol

journal_title

Journal of clinical epidemiology

authors

Hirschfeld G,do Brasil PE

doi

10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.07.018

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-04-01 00:00:00

pages

449-53

issue

4

eissn

0895-4356

issn

1878-5921

pii

S0895-4356(13)00348-X

journal_volume

67

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