Family History: Likelihood Ratios

Introduction: The data below is assessing the accuracy of reported family history, namely if a patient reports a FHx of disease X, how true is it that his family members have that disease?

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The likelihood ratios of findings for Family History are listed below. See the left navigation bar to change the display.

Good Positive and Negative Likelihood Ratios

Finding	+LR	-LR	Comments, Study
Family History of Breast Cancer	9.3	0.2	Study: Wilson BJ, et al. Systematic Review: Family History in Risk Assessment for Common Diseases. NIH Conferences (Ann Int Med) http://www.annals.org/content/early/2009/11/02/0003-4819-151-12-200912150-00177.full
Family History of Colon Cancer	6.8	0.4	Study: Wilson BJ, et al. Systematic Review: Family History in Risk Assessment for Common Diseases. NIH Conferences (Ann Int Med) http://www.annals.org/content/early/2009/11/02/0003-4819-151-12-200912150-00177.full
Family History of Heart Disease	4.1	0.5	Study: Wilson BJ, et al. Systematic Review: Family History in Risk Assessment for Common Diseases. NIH Conferences (Ann Int Med) http://www.annals.org/content/early/2009/11/02/0003-4819-151-12-200912150-00177.full