Table 1 STARD checklist for the reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy (shortened item description)

TITLE/ABSTRACT

1. Identify study of diagnostic accuracy

INTRODUCTION

2. State the research question

METHODS

Participants

3. Describe study population

4. Describe participant recruitment

5. Describe participant sampling

6. Describe if prospective or retrospective

Test Methods

7. Reference standard and rationale

8. Technical specifications described or referenced

9. Description of rationale for cut-offs for index tests and reference standards

10. Description of the number and training of persons executing the tests

11. Description of blinding of test readers

Statistical Methods

12. Description of calculations of diagnostic accuracy and uncertainty

13. Description of calculations of test reproducibility

RESULTS

Participants

14. Description of duration of study

15. Description of clinical and demographic description of participants

16. Description of the number of participants satisfying inclusion criteria that did not undergo the index test or reference standard, and why

Test Results

17. Description of the time interval from the index test to the reference standard and any treatment administered between

18. Description of the severity of disease in those with the target condition; other diagnoses in participants without the target condition

19. A cross-tabulation of the results of the index tests (including indeterminate and missing tests)

20. Any adverse events from performing the index or reference tests

Estimates

21. Estimates of diagnostic accuracy with statistical uncertainty

22. Description of how indeterminate results were handled

23. Estimates of variability between subgroups of patients, readers, or centres

24. Estimates of test reproducibility

DISCUSSION

25. Discussion of the clinical applicability of the findings