Data and analyses in diagnostic reviews

RevMan can calculate sensitivity and specificity, plot study data in a ROC plane and draw a summary ROC curve for descriptive and exploratory purposes.

Before you can begin analyzing your data, you must have added the studies to the Included Studies section.

You can then set up data tables for each test that you want to include in your review by creating tests and linking them to studies, see Constructing data tables.

You can also add covariates, if you would like to see how the results differ between subgroups of studies, or if you want to include these covariates in your regression analyses (see Analyses).

Tip: If you define your covariates before you begin entering data, the covariates can be entered simultaneously with the rest of the data , so that you will not need to go back and check the data in studies later.

Once your data tables have been set up you can begin Entering data.

To analyse the data, you must set up analyses, see Analysis graphs in diagnostic reviews.