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Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Biomedical Informatics
  • Clinical Diagnostics

Background:

  • Quantitative biomarkers are crucial for medical diagnosis and screening.
  • Traditional threshold selection methods like the Youden index have limitations.
  • Accurate threshold selection is vital for reliable binary classification in healthcare.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel nonparametric approach for optimal threshold selection.
  • To define a concordance probability as an objective function for classification accuracy.
  • To provide an alternative to existing methods for cut-point determination in quantitative measurements.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a new objective function based on concordance probability.
  • Employed a nonparametric approach to find the optimal cut point.
  • Validated the method through a simulation study and a real-world case study.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method demonstrated good performance in simulation studies.
  • Applied the method to blood arsenic levels for a real-world arsenic-induced skin lesion study.
  • Successfully identified a warning threshold for blood arsenic levels.

Conclusions:

  • The new method offers an effective alternative for threshold selection in quantitative diagnostic tests.
  • Concordance probability provides a robust measure for evaluating classification accuracy.
  • This approach can enhance the reliability of binary classifications in biomedical research and practice.