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Ves-Matic Cube 200 vs. Test-1

Ves-Matic Cube 200 vs. Test-1. We would like to compare the results of two papers recently issued on two international scientific journals :. Let’s start with Linear Regressions. Linear Regression is a way to study the strength of the correlation between two methods, not their agreement

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Ves-Matic Cube 200 vs. Test-1

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  1. Ves-Matic Cube 200 vs. Test-1

  2. Wewouldliketo compare the resultsoftwopapersrecentlyissued on twointernationalscientificjournals:

  3. Let’s start with Linear Regressions • Linear Regression is a way to study the strength of the correlation between two methods, not their agreement • the closer to 1,0 is the valueof correlation coefficient - that is the closer the slope of the regression line is to 45° (line of equivalence) - the more two methods are in agreement • In comparing method it is important to detect the bias

  4. Let’s start with Linear Regressions By comparing the values it is clear that the Ves-Matic Cube correlates with the Westergren method better than the Test-1 (ρ = 0.946 compared with r2 = 0.386).

  5. Let’s start with Linear Regressions LET’S SHOW THE TRICK Please note that in Figure 1 - Test-1 graph - there are points (left side of the Test-1 vs Westergren graph) which show that the Test-1 has provided either very high ESR values, which resulted normal or slightly high with Westergren method, and falsely low values (around 20 mm), while with the Westergren method they were high (over 40 mm). Consider that different ESR levels may have a different clinical significance and thus address clinical decisions to one or another direction a graphic trick has been used to try and minimize the visual impact of the overestimation of ESR low values in the -Test-1/Westergren graph: point 20 has a different proportion on x and y axis (Figure 1 - Test-1 vs Westergren chart).

  6. And now Bland and Altman’s plot • The Bland-Altman plot is used for the comparison among methods because, compared to the correlation coefficient, it is able to detect if one of the methods is affected by systematic errors of inaccuracy or imprecision. • Systematic error means that a measure system is prone to “constantly” overestimate or underestimate the true object of the measure. • A systematic difference between the reported measures means that in the scatter diagram the points line up along a straight line at approximately 45° without giving any indications about the inaccuracy direction or entity.

  7. And now Bland and Altman’s plot • The Bland and Altman method compares the difference between the paired measures performed with the two methods (Westergren - Ves-Matic Cube), with the average of these measures ((Westergren + Ves-Matic Cube)/2) starting from the premise that the more the two measures will be similar, the lower the difference between them will be, and therefore the more restricted will be the limits of agreement (dashed lines) • At the limit, when the two measurements coincide, the difference is = 0.

  8. And now Bland and Altman’s plot

  9. Take home messages • The analysis of scattergraphs (that "measure" the strength of the correlation between two methods, not their agreement, i.e. if the two methods give very similar data) suggests that the Ves-Matic Cube 200 correlates much better than the Test-1 with the Westergren method. This can be deduced because the value of the coefficient of correlation is equal to 0,946, while the value of coefficient of correlation of the Test-1 value is equal to 0,386. Important: the closer to 1 is the value of the correlation coefficient, the more two methods are correlated.

  10. Take home messages • The Bland-Altman method "measures" the real agreement between two methods. The lesser is the difference between the two compared measures, the higher is the two data agreement (in fact, if the two measures are equal, their difference is equal to zero). he Bland-Altman method indicates the limits of agreement between the two methods: the narrower is the interval between the two limits (i.e. the closer to zero is the difference between the two measures) the greater will be the agreement between methods. • Ves-Matic Cube 200 limits of agreement: -13.9 - 12.9 mm/h (total 26,8 mm/h) • Test 1 limits of agreement: -29.9 - 51.8 mm/h (total 81,7 mm/h) • As you can see, the Ves-Matic Cube 200 limit of agreement is closer than the Test-1’s. • In addition to the agreement, the Bland-Altman method gives also indication about the bias or deviation between the real value and the one measured by the system under evaluation: • Ves-Matic Cube 200 Bias : - 0,50 mm/h • Test-1 Bias : - 10,95 mm/h • The average deviation of the Ves-Cube values from the real one is only – 0,5 mm/h, while the Test-1 is about -11 mm/h, which means that the instrument has a general tendency to underestimation. 

  11. Take home messages • In the Korean paper it is stated that the results of the test-1 have a better correlation with inflammation markers than the Westergren ESR does • If indeed the Test-1 data correlate differently from ESR according to Westergren (which is the original and reference method used as clinical datum by physicians for decades) with inflammation markers, this means that Test-1 datum is NOT ESR, and therefore it is unfairly reimbursed.

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