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. 2010 May 27;10:137. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-137

Table 4.

False recent seroconverters and protective effect of MC on HIV incidence as calculated using BED and AI in combination

BED-AI
BED - AI Cut-off 0.325 - 31.6 0.733 - 80.5 0.900 - 90.0 1.51 - 94.0 1.89 - 96.0 NC
Window period 65.9d 159d 213d 268d 300d NC
False LTS (%) NC 1/9 (11) 1/13 (7.7) 2/16 (13) 3/27 (11) NC
95% CI 1 to 40 0.4 to 30 2 to 33 3 to 26
Observed false RS (%) 0/124 (0) 2/124 (1.6) 2/124 (1.6) 6/124 (4.8) NC NC
95% CI 0 to 2.4 0.25 to 5.0 0.3 to 5 1.9 to 9.6
1Calculated false RS (%) 0.9 2.1 2.7 3.5 3.9 NC
Tested RSs NC
Intervention - Control 2 - 7 8 - 17 9-21 11 - 30 16 - 41
Uncorrected effect (%) 73 55 59 65 63 NC
95% CI NC -1 to 84 8 to 84 33 to 85 36 to 81
2Correction NC
Intervention (%) 36 21 24 25 20
Control (%) 15 14 15 13 11
Total (%) 19 16 17 17 13
Corrected effect (%) 80 59 64 70 67 NC
95% CI NC -2 to 93 6 to 92 39 to 90 38 to 86

See table caption of Table 3