Table 2.
Diagnostic usefulness of the detection of antibodies against Hyr1, Ece1, Als3, and Hwp1 by immunoblotting and ELISA assay [18] (PPV: positive predictive value, NPV: negative predictive value).
| Sensitivity% | Specificity% | PPV% | NPV% | |
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| Immunoblotting | ||||
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| Hyr1 | 39.1 | 100 | 100 | 76.3 |
| Ece1 | 34.8 | 93.3 | 72.7 | 73.7 |
| Als3 | 26.1 | 93.3 | 66.7 | 71.2 |
| Hwp1 | 27.8 | 97.5 | 83.3 | 62.3 |
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| ELISA assay | ||||
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| Hyr1 | 58.3 | 82.2 | 72.4 | 71.2 |
| Ece1 | 55.6 | 80.0 | 69.0 | 62.5 |
| Als3 | 41.7 | 77.8 | 60.0 | 62.5 |
| Hwp1 | 88.9 | 82.6 | 80.0 | 90.2 |