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Predicting outcome

Dr Bruce Biccard
Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia | Vol 18, No 1 | a576 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22201173.2012.10872824 | © 2012 Dr Bruce Biccard | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 03 November 2025 | Published: 01 January 2012

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Abstract

The primary goal in risk prediction is to take a population risk prediction and convert this to a risk prediction for an individual. This is the concept of converting the pretest probability of the population to that of a post-test probability for the individual.

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Risk prediction; cardiovascular morbidity

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