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The basic design principles of the two systems are presented and the systems are tested using a multitude of reference test benches.
In contrast, we observed a lower proportion of 'Yes' items in MEDLINE-indexed studies for the description of reference test (item 9) (p < 0.001, 21.7% for indexed studies and 49.3% for non-indexed studies).
As shown in Figure 2, the following 6 of 14 items were observed to have high risk of bias, where the proportion of items categorized as 'No' was high (more than 50%): adequate spectrum (item 1), adequate reference standard (item 3), partial verification (item 5), differential verification (item 6), incorporation bias (item 7), and description of reference test execution (item 9).
Quality items that were reported in less than 25% of the studies included description of withdrawals (6%), adequate description of the reference test execution (10%), absence of index test review bias (19%), report of uninterpretable results (22%), and absence of reference test review bias (24%).
Priors for the accuracy of reference test can be obtained from the literature or expert opinion [ 10].
Examination with Neuropad was carried out by either one of two physicians (D.P. or K.Pap)., blinded to neuropathy status (result of reference test), patient history, and HbA1c results.
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The optimal combination of reference tests is described below.
However, we did not exclude studies that did not use the optimal combination of reference tests.
Although a variety of reference tests (or combinations of reference tests) were used, culture alone, or a combination of culture plus biopsy/microscopy/clinical data were used in 39 of the 40 studies.
We will score this question 'yes' if the reader of the assay was blinded to results of reference tests.
We will score 'no' if the reader of the assay was not blinded to the results of reference tests.
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