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Table 1 Clinical study indicators in the calculation of Neutrality

From: Neutral theory: applicability and neutrality of clinical study endpoints where a disease-specific instrument is available

Indicators in a clinical study

Indicators within DSS

Indicators outside DSS

Included

Overlap (a)

Redundant (b)

Excluded

Missing (c)

Irrelevant (d)

Total

(a + c)

(b + d)

Neutrality (accuracy)

Sensitivity: a/a + c

Specificity: d/b + d