Positive Predictive Value of ICD-10 Codes for Identifying Hypocalcemia in Women with Postmenopausal Osteoporosis in Swedish Patient Register: A Validation Study
The case-defining algorithm based on the non-specific ICD-10 codes had a low PPV. Reliance on the algorithm may bias results of epidemiologic studies relying it. Limitations include non-response and low precision of some PPV estimates.
Authors
- Helena Thulin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8974-4711)
- David Hägg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2610-5033)
- Per‐Olof Lundgren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7976-6962)
- Tomas Thiel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0949-3561)
- Anders Kjellman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9080-9027)
- Anna Thor
- Véra Ehrenstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3415-3254)
- Min Ho Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4909-2308)
Institutions
- Amgen (United States) (US)
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/clep.s525181
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Amgen
- Aarhus Universitet
- Karolinska Institutet