true prevalence
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftrueandprevalence
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true
adjective
uk/truː/us/truː/
(especially of facts or statements) right and not ...
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prevalence
noun[U]
uk/ˈprev.əl.əns/us/ˈprev.əl.əns/
the fact that something is very common or ...
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(Definition oftrueandprevalencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftrue prevalence
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Thetrueprevalencemay be greater than generally recorded.
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This accurately estimates thetrueprevalenceof brucellosis.
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An array of definitions of infertility complicates efforts to understand itstrueprevalence.
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Previous studies support the likelihood that this underestimates thetrueprevalencevalue.
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Thetrueprevalenceof swallowing problems in stroke patients is unknown.
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If the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of a test are known, thetrueprevalencecan be estimated.
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Estimatedtrueprevalencefor the total group was 9.4 % with a 95% confidence interval of 0-19.
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Therefore, our prevalence rates are likely underestimates of thetrueprevalenceof major depression in the elderly.
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Whether this reflectstrueprevalencedifferences or differences in the accuracy of assessment is not known because parallel clinical reappraisal interviews were not carried out.
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The current findings may also have been attenuated by partner violence data that likely underestimated thetrueprevalencein this sample.
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Cross-national differences in the onset and outcome of depression may reflect eithertrueprevalence differences or differences in diagnostic threshold.
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This method uses the crude observed prevalence and group size to produce both an unbiasedtrueprevalenceestimate and variance of this estimate.
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The sum of true positives and false negatives equals thetrueprevalenceof bladder cancer (p) times the total number of study subjects (n).
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It is known, however, that these figures are not representative of thetrueprevalenceof hearing impairment in the population.
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The bias related to the lack of sensitivity and specificity of the tool in estimating the prevalence of a phenomenon when itstrueprevalenceis low has been emphasized (5).
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In conclusion, annual and regional variation of ascertainment in registry studies remains the enemy of an accurate description of thetrueprevalencerate at birth for congenital heart disease.
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It is very difficult to give a reliable estimate of thetrueprevalenceof soy allergy in the general population.
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