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title="Biostatistics">biostatistics</a>, <b>spectrum bias</b> refers to the phenomenon that the performance of a <a href="/wiki/Diagnostic_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Diagnostic test">diagnostic test</a> may vary in different clinical settings because each setting has a different mix of patients.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid692598_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid692598-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the performance may be dependent on the mix of patients, performance at one clinic may not be predictive of performance at another clinic.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid18765409_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid18765409-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These differences are interpreted as a kind of <i>bias</i>. Mathematically, the spectrum bias is a <a href="/wiki/Sampling_bias" title="Sampling bias">sampling bias</a> and not a traditional <a href="/wiki/Bias_(statistics)" title="Bias (statistics)">statistical bias</a>; this has led some authors to refer to the phenomenon as <i>spectrum effects</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-pmid12353947_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid12353947-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whilst others maintain it is a bias if the true performance of the test differs from that which is 'expected'.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid18765409_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid18765409-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Usually the performance of a diagnostic test is measured in terms of its <a href="/wiki/Sensitivity_(tests)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sensitivity (tests)">sensitivity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Specificity_(tests)" class="mw-redirect" title="Specificity (tests)">specificity</a> and it is changes in these that are considered when referring to spectrum bias. However, other performance measures such as the <a href="/wiki/Likelihood_ratios_in_diagnostic_testing" title="Likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing">likelihood ratios</a> may also be affected by spectrum bias.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid18765409_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid18765409-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Generally spectrum bias is considered to have three causes.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid18765409_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid18765409-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first is due to a change in the case-mix of those patients with the target disorder (disease) and this affects the <a href="/wiki/Sensitivity_(tests)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sensitivity (tests)">sensitivity</a>. The second is due to a change in the case-mix of those without the target disorder (disease-free) and this affects the <a href="/wiki/Specificity_(tests)" class="mw-redirect" title="Specificity (tests)">specificity</a>. The third is due to a change in the prevalence, and this affects both the <a href="/wiki/Sensitivity_(tests)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sensitivity (tests)">sensitivity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Specificity_(tests)" class="mw-redirect" title="Specificity (tests)">specificity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid22307105_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid22307105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This final cause is not widely appreciated, but there is mounting <a href="/wiki/Empirical_evidence" title="Empirical evidence">empirical evidence</a><sup id="cite_ref-pmid22307105_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid22307105-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pmid18778913_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid18778913-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as theoretical arguments<sup id="cite_ref-pmid14695644_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid14695644-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which suggest that it does indeed affect a test's performance. </p><p>Examples where the <a href="/wiki/Sensitivity_(tests)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sensitivity (tests)">sensitivity</a> and <a href="/wiki/Specificity_(tests)" class="mw-redirect" title="Specificity (tests)">specificity</a> change between different sub-groups of patients may be found with the <a href="/wiki/Carcinoembryonic_antigen" title="Carcinoembryonic antigen">carcinoembryonic antigen</a> test<sup id="cite_ref-pmid3510056_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid3510056-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Urine_test_strip" title="Urine test strip">urinary dipstick</a> tests.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid1605428_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid1605428-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Diagnostic test performances reported by some studies may be artificially overestimated if it is a case-control design where a healthy population ('fittest of the fit') is compared with a population with advanced disease ('sickest of the sick'); that is two extreme populations are compared, rather than typical healthy and diseased populations.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>If properly analyzed, recognition of <a href="/wiki/Homogeneity_(statistics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Homogeneity (statistics)">heterogeneity</a> of subgroups can lead to insights about the test's performance in varying populations.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid12353947_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid12353947-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spectrum_bias&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox" title="Simpson's paradox">Simpson's paradox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biased_sample" class="mw-redirect" title="Biased sample">Biased sample</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reporting_bias" title="Reporting bias">Reporting bias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reference_class_problem" title="Reference class problem">Reference class problem</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spectrum_bias&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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