Let's think about this a bit. What does a 34% positive predictive value mean?pic.twitter.com/RfQQfiBfBX
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So on the one hand, we've got the Apple Watch study saying that the watch is pretty useless clinically On the other, we've got a dubious rationale for doing this in the first place and no demonstrated benefit And yet, the headlinespic.twitter.com/20e8PbkiLY
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(I'd like to point out that, in a wonderful twist, the Daily Mail has one of the best articles out on this all https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6816853/Apple-Watch-spot-heart-problem-research-needed.html …)
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Anyway, Apple is apparently doing a proper RCT looking at true clinical risk/benefit, so until those results are formally published and I can pick them apart I'm staying skeptical that this is anything interesting at all
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