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Biostatistics - precious
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The American Diabetes Association recently lowered the cutoff value for fasting glucose used in diagnosing diabete mellitus from 140mg/dl to 126mg/dl.This reference interval change would be expected to produce which of the following
A.Decrease the test's sensitivity
B.Increase the test's false negative rate
C.Increase the test's negative predictive value
D.Increase the test's positive predictive value
E.Increase the test's specificity
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#2
Its C-increases the test's negative predictive value
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#3
i think malvika is right....shud be C
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#4
yup iits c
increase sensitivity, and npv
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