Table 2.
Technique | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | TA |
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% (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | Kappa Value | |
McMaster | |||||
LoD | 90.40 (86.7–94.2) | 33.33 (27.3–39.3) | 87.32 (83.1–91.6) | 40.63 (34.4–46.9) | 0.2558 |
Flotation | 98.99 (97.7–100) | 84.62 (80.0–89.2) | 97.03 (94.9–99.2) | 94.29 (91.3–97.2) | 0.8720 |
Flotation | |||||
LoD | 90.10 (86.3–93.9) | 34.29 (28.2–40.3) | 88.78 (84.8–92.8) | 37.50 (31.3–43.7) | 0.2528 |
McM | 97.0 (94.9–99.19) | 94.3 (91.3–97.2) | 98.99 (97.7–100.3) | 84.62 (80.0–89.2) | 0.8720 |
McM—McMaster; PPV—positive predictive value; NPV—negative predictive value; TA—test agreement; CI—confidence interval.