Sentence examples for as the reference criterion from inspiring English sources

Using blood test as the reference criterion, oral fluid test for THC positivity showed a sensitivity of 79.4% (95% CI: 75.2%, 83.1%) and a specificity of 98.3% (95% CI: 97.9%, 98.7%).

Table 1 Percentages of Drivers with THC Positivity in Blood and Oral Fluid and Sensitivity-Specificity Analysis of the Oral Fluid Test using the Blood Test as the Reference Criterion.

With regard to determining the level of agreement between the three definitions, IDF was used as the reference criterion as it is the most widely accepted in Malaysia.

The test characteristics for pre-diabetes defined by A1C using FPG levels of 110 125 mg/dl rather than 100 125 mg/dl as the reference criterion, produces a lower sensitivity (45%) and specificity (90%).

We assessed the psychometric properties of the EURO-D scale, in each site, running receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses using ICD-10 depisodeve episode as the reference criterion, plotting sensitivity against false positive rate (1-sensitivity) and estimated the area under the ROC curve (AUROC) with 95% confidence intervals.

Table 5 shows the sensitivity and specificity of MetS as defined by the NCEP-ATP III and JIS against IDF definition as the reference criteria for diagnosis.

Considering the long time required for negativation of conventional serology and the high sensitivity of PCR applicable for cure control, the conventional serological tests have been ruled out of the most recent cure criteria that recommend the use of PCR after immunosuppression, performed 30 days after the end of the etiological treatment, as the "reference standard criteria" for cure assessment.

The WHO (World Health Organization) 1985 [ 11], ADA American Diabetes Associationn) 2003 [ 12], or WHO 1999 [ 13] criteria was used as the reference standard depending on which criteria had been used in each study.

Using the five-criteria rule as the reference standard, we calculated the accuracy of the two criteria as the percentage of times the two-criteria categorization agreed with the five-criteria categorization.

To validate the Korean version, we compared the Korean CAM-ICU users to the psychiatrist ratings of delirium using the DSM-IV criteria as the reference standard.

Moreover, in a recent study involving 182 patients from a single center, albeit not using the ACR criteria as the reference standard, it was found that GCA can be accurately diagnosed or excluded by ultrasonography, without biopsy, in two thirds of patients [ 28].