Over the Course of 5 Years, a Pediatric Endocrinologist Has

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Multiple Choice

Over the course of 5 years, a pediatric endocrinologist has seen a marked increase in the prevalence of depression among patients with obesity in her practice.  She partners with a pediatric psychiatrist to devise a short screening test for depression for this specific population.  The new screening test is found to be 90% sensitive and 84% specific.  If this test is used on a sample of patients with obesity in which 35% are known to have depression, what is the chance that a patient with obesity who tests negative is actually free from depression?

• A)0)12
• B)0)75
• C)0)94
• D)2)97
• E)5)63

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