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Table 5 Bias Analysis of the Gustavsson et al. study [20].

From: Risk assessment of diesel exhaust and lung cancer: combining human and animal studies after adjustment for biases in epidemiological studies

PE

Se

Sp

Mean b

95% C.I.

0.10

1.00

1.00

1.70

1.19 - 2.42

0.10

1.00

0.80

1.72

1.20 - 2.45

0.10

1.00

0.60

1.73

1.19 - 2.43

0.10

1.00

0.40

1.70

1.19 - 2.45

0.10

0.80

1.00

1.71

1.21 - 2.47

0.10

0.80

0.80

1.70

1.22 - 2.47

0.10

0.80

0.60

1.72

1.20 - 2.47

0.10

0.80

0.40

1.72

1.20 - 2.48

0.10

0.60

1.00

1.76

1.22 - 2.52

0.10

0.60

0.80

1.76

1.23 - 2.52

0.10

0.60

0.60

1.71

1.23 - 2.47

0.10

0.60

0.40

1.72

1.21 - 2.47

0.10

0.40

1.00

1.83

1.28 - 2.66

0.10

0.40

0.80

1.79

1.25 - 2.57

0.10

0.40

0.60

1.78

1.23 - 2.54

0.10

0.40

0.40

1.74

1.21 - 2.53

0.16

1.00

1.00

1.70

1.19 - 2.44

0.16

1.00

0.80

1.72

1.20 - 2.47

0.16

1.00

0.60

1.71

1.21 - 2.44

0.16

1.00

0.40

1.72

1.20 - 2.46

0.16

0.80

1.00

1.73

1.22 - 2.46

0.16

0.80

0.80

1.74

1.22 - 2.50

0.16

0.80

0.60

1.73

1.20 - 2.47

0.16

0.80

0.40

1.74

1.21 - 2.47

0.16

0.60

1.00

1.76

1.25 - 2.49

0.16

0.60

0.80

1.77

1.23 - 2.54

0.16

0.60

0.60

1.74

1.22 - 2.50

0.16

0.60

0.40

1.74

1.22 - 2.48

0.16

0.40

1.00

1.88

1.32 - 2.65

0.16

0.40

0.80

1.82

1.29 - 2.57

0.16

0.40

0.60

1.80

1.24 - 2.55

0.16

0.40

0.40

1.76

1.23 - 2.51

0.25

1.00

1.00

1.73

1.20 - 2.45

0.25

1.00

0.80

1.73

1.21 - 2.46

0.25

1.00

0.60

1.73

1.20 - 2.47

0.25

1.00

0.40

1.72

1.20 - 2.49

0.25

0.80

1.00

1.74

1.22 - 2.49

0.25

0.80

0.80

1.75

1.23 - 2.51

0.25

0.80

0.60

1.76

1.22 - 2.51

0.25

0.80

0.40

1.74

1.21 - 2.49

0.25

0.60

1.00

1.79

1.26 - 2.55

0.25

0.60

0.80

1.78

1.25 - 2.56

0.25

0.60

0.60

1.78

1.24 - 2.52

0.25

0.60

0.40

1.76

1.23 - 2.51

0.25

0.40

1.00

1.91

1.31 - 2.69

0.25

0.40

0.80

1.85

1.29 - 2.64

0.25

0.40

0.60

1.81

1.27 - 2.57

0.25

0.40

0.40

1.76

1.24 - 2.53

0.36

1.00

1.00

1.73

1.22 - 2.48

0.36

1.00

0.80

1.75

1.22 - 2.50

0.36

1.00

0.60

1.75

1.22 - 2.50

0.36

1.00

0.40

1.75

1.22 - 2.50

0.36

0.80

1.00

1.76

1.24 - 2.51

0.36

0.80

0.80

1.77

1.23 - 2.53

0.36

0.80

0.60

1.76

1.24 - 2.51

0.36

0.80

0.40

1.75

1.23 - 2.52

0.36

0.60

1.00

1.82

1.27 - 2.61

0.36

0.60

0.80

1.80

1.27 - 2.60

0.36

0.60

0.60

1.79

1.26 - 2.56

0.36

0.60

0.40

1.78

1.25 - 2.55

0.36

0.40

1.00

1.98

1.39 - 2.79

0.36

0.40

0.80

1.90

1.33 - 2.69

0.36

0.40

0.60

1.84

1.28 - 2.63

0.36

0.40

0.40

1.80

1.25 - 2.57

  1. estimates by exposure prevalence (PE), sensitivity (SE) and specificity (Sp) where RR T a = 1.63 (95% C.I.: 1.14 - 2.33) and incidence proportion rate in unexposed subjects equals 0.008.
  2. a RRT : true relative risk
  3. b RRM : estimated relative risk having adjusted for misclassification