A statistical method was used for the meta-analysis of tests for latent TB in the absence of a gold standard, combining random-effect and latent-class methods to estimate test accuracy

Sadatsafavi, Mohsen; Shahidi, Neal; Marra, Fawziah; FitzGerald, Mark J.; Elwood, Kevin R.; Guo, Na; Marra, Carlo A.

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.04.008

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Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 257-269, March 2010

A statistical method was used for the meta-analysis of tests for latent TB in the absence of a gold standard, combining random-effect and latent-class methods to estimate test accuracy

Mohsen Sadatsafavi
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Neal Shahidi
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Fawziah Marra
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Pharmacy and Vaccine Services, British Columbia Center for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mark J. FitzGerald
- Faculty of Medicine, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Kevin R. Elwood
- Division of Tuberculosis Control, British Columbia Center for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Na Guo
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Carlo A. Marra
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Corresponding author. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, University of British Columbia, 2146 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada. Tel.: +1-604-806-8817; fax: +1-604-875-5179.