Doc2378
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Q. Which of the following epidemiological parameter would directly affect the PPV of a test?
A. Incidence
B. Odds Ratio for contracting the disease
C. Prevalence
D. Relative risk for contracting the disease
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| Geroo
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prevalence.increase prevalence increases +pv
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| Doc2378
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You are right Geroo...but why not Incidence?
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| msyamp
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even incedence increase can increase ppv but prevalence is imortant here. as positive predictive value is probability of prevalence of diseSE IN POITIVE TEST PEOPLE.
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