Derivation and validation of a diagnostic test for irritable bowel syndrome using latent class analysis

Published: Jan 20, 2017
Abstract
The accuracy of symptom-based diagnostic criteria for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is modest.To derive and validate a new test that utilises latent class analysis.Symptom, colonoscopy, and histology data were collected from 1981 patients and 360 patients in two cohorts referred to secondary care for investigation of their gastrointestinal symptoms in Canada and the UK, respectively. Latent class analysis was used to identify naturally...
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Title
Derivation and validation of a diagnostic test for irritable bowel syndrome using latent class analysis
Published Date
Jan 20, 2017
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