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Table 1 Test positive rate and prevalence rates used in tailored meta-analysis

From: Visual and radiographic caries detection: a tailored meta-analysis for two different settings, Egypt and Germany

	Egypt				Germany
	Test positive rate		Prevalence		Test positive rate		Prevalence
	Lower limit	Upper limit	Lower limit	Upper limit	Lower limit	Upper limit	Lower limit	Upper limit
Visual detection
advanced occlusal	0.20	0.33	0.01	0.15	0.05	0.26	0.15	0.30
all occlusal	0.30	0.44	0.05	0.20	0.13	0.28	0.35	0.55
Radiographic detection
advanced occlusal	0.14	0.26	0.09	0.29	0.06	0.18	0.01	0.21
all occlusal	0.14	0.26	0.09	0.29	0.06	0.19	0.01	0.21
advanced proximal	0.02	0.07			0.03	0.08
all proximal	0.03	0.08			0.07	0.14

The lower and upper limits for the test positive rates are 99% confidence interval limits derived from the routine data. The lower and upper limits for the prevalence rates are plausible limits based on a priori point estimates

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