Results
Results produced by the MI meta-analyses are comparable to the results
of meta-analyses based on traditionally used statistical measures.
However, the results of MI are easier to understand as it relates
directly to the extent of uncertainty a diagnostic test can reduce. For
example, a US test diagnosing endometrial cancer is 40% specific and
94% sensitive. The combination of these values is difficult to
interpret and may lead to inappropriate assessment (e.g. one could
favour the test due to its high sensitivity, ignoring its low
specificity). In terms of MI however, the test reduces diagnostic
uncertainty by 10%, which is marginal and thus the test is clearly not
very useful.