Peter Attia· MD
so uh sensitivity um is uh something that's also known as a synonym for it is true positive rate which is basically the likelihood of uh having a positive test when the patient has the actual condition
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
so uh sensitivity um is uh something that's also known as a synonym for it is true positive rate which is basically the likelihood of uh having a positive test when the patient has the actual condition
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you could send a thousand women a letter that says you absolutely do not have breast cancer and technically you have no false positives but you clearly are going to have false negatives
so a perfect test would obviously have 100 sensitivity which means 100 out of 100 would test positive