| ▲ | tptacek 2 hours ago | |
What's the base rate of hemachromatosis in the population and what's the false positive rate for MRI detection of the condition? | ||
| ▲ | giantg2 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
MRI does not diagnose hemachromatosis. It detects iron deposits (could be due to other harmful issues). To my knowledge it would not produce a false positive. Hemachromatosis is the most common genetic issue in white people, so pretty common (I'm too lazy to look up stats). | ||