245 Diagnostic utility of molecular and imaging biomarkers 2 Figure 78. Estimated pooled test performance of qualitative elastosonography, alternative cutoff Forest plots showing the estimated pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios with their corresponding 95% confidence intervals of qualitative elastosonography in indeterminate thyroid nodules with available histopathological follow-up, using an alternative cutoff of an elasticity score of 1 (benign) versus elasticity scores of 2 or higher (suspicious). CI, confidence interval; df, degrees of freedom; DLR positive, positive diagnostic likelihood ratio; DLR negative, negative diagnostic likelihood ratio; I2, heterogeneity statistic I2; Q, Cochran’s Q.
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