In a population of 10000 people, the prevalence of a disease is 20%. The sensitivity of a screening test is 95% and specificity is 80%. The positive predictive value of the test will be -

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B. 54.30%. In the given question,
Sensitivity = 95%
Specificity = 80%
Prevalence = 20%
Thus,

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A. 45.70%

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C. 15.30%

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D. 98.50%

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