在澳大利亚的全科医院,初级保健患者出现意想不到的体重减轻:复制诊断准确性研究的复制

Alex Lee1, Lucas de Mendonça2, Damien McCarthy2

  • 1Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia alexalee@unimelb.edu.au.

BMJ open
|July 29, 2025
PubMed
概括

意外减肥 (UWL) 在澳大利亚初级保健中与英国研究相比,癌症的积极预测值 (PPV) 较低. 然而,PPV随着年龄和异常血液检测结果的增加而增加,在某些人口统计学群体中仍然显著.

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