BS Nursing Epidemiology
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110. In clinical screening, if a disease has a very low prevalence in a population, what critical impact does this have on the Positive Predictive Value (PPV) of a screening test, even if the test has high sensitivity and specificity?

A. PPV will be very high.
B. PPV will be very low, leading to many false positives.
C. PPV will be unchanged.
D. PPV becomes irrelevant.

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  • PPV will be very high.
  • PPV will be very low, leading to many false positives.
  • PPV will be unchanged.
  • PPV becomes irrelevant.

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