Pathogenic Mechanisms and In Vitro Diagnosis of AERD

Figure 4

Framework for diagnostic test outcomes. Schema of “real” world diagnostic test outcomes; test measurement: clinical parameters like age, sex, ethnic group, height, weight, and so forth or analytical parameters like temperature, IgE, histamine, interleukins, lipid mediators; shaded areas exemplify the false-positive (false-negative) measurement of disease-free (diseased) individuals, respectively; insert: pictured “ideal” world.