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Table 4 Parameter estimates (standard errors) and AUC (for non-primary care patients (non-PC), and for primary care patients (PC)) of the SROC curves from the BREM and MREM approaches for the CAGE data-set

From: Multivariate random effects meta-analysis of diagnostic tests with multiple thresholds

Type of SROC

α

β

γ

AUC non-PC

AUC PC

BREM

     

η on ξ

2.775(0.712)

0.840(0.316)

0.050(0.389)

0.886

0.890

ξ on η

3.618(0.827)

1.235(0.364)

0.113(0.479)

0.902

0.908

D on S

3.160(0.710)

1.020(0.314)

0.079(0.419)

0.895

0.900

R & G

3.156(0.657)

1.019(0.286)

0.079(0.417)

0.895

0.900

Major Axis

3.165(0.776)

1.023(0.347)

0.079(0.420)

0.895

0.900

MREM

2.537(0.312)

0.795(0.047)

0.207(0.382)

0.849

0.888