%0 Journal Article %T Understanding the properties of diagnostic tests ¨C Part 2: Likelihood ratios %A Priya Ranganathan %A Rakesh Aggarwal %J Archive of "Perspectives in Clinical Research". %D 2018 %R 10.4103/picr.PICR_41_18 %X Diagnostic tests are used to identify subjects with and without disease. In a previous article in this series, we examined some attributes of diagnostic tests ¨C sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values. In this second article, we look at likelihood ratios, which are useful for the interpretation of diagnostic test results in everyday clinical practice %K Biostatistics %K diagnostic tests %K likelihood ratios %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5950618/