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. 2012 Jun 29;7(6):e39529. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039529

Table 2. Diagnostic Test performance of Determine and STAT-PAK RDT sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and likelihood ratios.

Determine RDT in whole blood Determine RDT in blood plasma STAT-PAK RDT in blood plasma
Result 95%CI Result 95%CI Result 95%CI
HIV prevalence according to reference standarda (%) 1.53 1.00 to 2.24 9.17 8.67 to 9.68 8.90 8.42 to 9.40
Sensitivity (%) 100.00 86.77 to 100.00 100.00 99.69 to 100.00 99.66 99.13 to 99.91
Specificity (%) 96.83 95.87 to 97.61 97.87 97.59 to 98.12 99.27 99.10 to 99.42
Positive predictive value (%) 32.91 22.75 to 44.40 82.57 80.50 to 84.50 93.06 91.51 to 94.40
Negative predictive value (%) 100.00 99.77 to 100.00 100.00 99.97 to 100.00 99.97 99.91 to 99.99
ROC area 0.984 0.980 to 0.988 0.989 0.988 to 0.991 0.995 0.993 to 0.996
Positive likelihood ratio 31.51 24.18 to 41.07 46.93 41.51 to 53.05 137.10 111.20 to 169.04
Negative likelihood ratiob 0.00 – to – 0.00 – to – <0.01 0.00 to 0.01
a

Prevalences differ from total population prevalence due to exclusion of participants.

b

No confidence interval can be calculated if sensitivity  = 100%.