• 1. Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, P.R.China;
  • 2. Department of Gastroenterology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, P.R.China;
LIU Taotao, Email: liu.taotao@zs-hospital.sh.cn
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Receiving the amount of true positives, false positives, false negatives and true negatives is necessary when conducting meta-analysis of diagnostic tests. Advanced methods of data extraction are required if these data could not be directly obtained from a literature. We introduced three methods and discussed the theories. An example was then given to illustrate how to apply the methods.

Citation: LIU Haining, WU Hao, ZHANG Ningping, LI Yu, ZENG Yuzhen, SHEN Xizhong, LIU Taotao. Methods of data extraction in meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy study. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2018, 18(9): 995-1000. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.201805153 Copy

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