Advances in Modern Medicine

Bland-Altman Analysis for Method Comparisons

Author(s): Noriaki Matsuura, Takahiro Sueoka, Hiromi Miyoshi, Naoko Akiyama, Naoyuki Toyota and Kazuo Awai

Pp: 354-361 (8)

DOI: 10.2174/9781681080239117010039

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Abstract

To assess the adoptability of a new measuring method when true values are unknown, it is necessary to compare the proposed with the conventional method. Although Bland-Altman correlation analysis is widely accepted, it is occasionally misused or applied where it is inappropriate. We provide an overview of Bland-Altman analysis and teach its application and the interpretation of its results. We also comment briefly on regression analysis, another comparison method.


Keywords: Bland-Altman analysis, Limit of agreement, Method comparison, Pitfall, Statistics.

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