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. 2016 Sep 22;17:392. doi: 10.1186/s12859-016-1247-7

Table 4.

Performance of the classifier per source of data for the 28 GBD categories

Exact-matching (% n/N) Weighted average across 28 GBD categories
Source All trials One GBD category No GBD category Two or more GBD categories Sensitivity Specificity
Emdin 2015 66.7 (346/519) 66.4 (300/452) 68.2 (45/66) 100.0 (1/1) 71.5 96.4
Viergever 2013 82.2 (1045/1271) 85.3 (925/1085) 64.5 (120/186) 0.0 (0/0) 86.6 97.8
On going work 77.9 (758/973) 88.5 (700/791) 32.9 (51/155) 25.9 (7/27) 81.3 97.2

Exact-matching and weighted averaged sensitivities and specificities for the classifier to the 28 GBD categories for each source of data. The version of the classifier used was: using the Word Sense Disambiguation server, the expert-based enrichment database and the priority to the health condition field. Exact-matching corresponds to the proportion (in %) of trials for which the automatic GBD classification is correct. Exact-matching was estimated over all trials, trials concerning a unique GBD category, trials concerning 2 or more GBD categories, and trials not relevant for the GBD. The weighted averaged sensitivity and specificity corresponds to the weighted average across GBD categories of the sensitivities and specificities for each GBD category plus the “No GBD” category (in %)