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American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on August 17, 2006
American Journal of Epidemiology 2006 164(7):708; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj293
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American Journal of Epidemiology Copyright © 2006 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health All rights reserved; printed in U.S.A.

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THE AUTHORS REPLY

Neil J. Perkins and Enrique F. Schisterman

Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, MD 20852

(e-mail: schistee@mail.nih.gov)

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We thank Dr. Zetterberg for his comments (1Go) regarding our guidance for using the Youden index, J, in lieu of the closest-to-(0,1) criterion (2Go). He points out an important additional inconsistency in the literature, where J is calculated using positive . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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