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. 2013 Sep 16;8(9):e75484. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075484

Table 3. Comparison of CD4 T-cell counts between Pima CD4 and FACSCount.

All HIV+ Low CD4 Medium CD4 High CD4
Intercept (95% CI) (cells/mm3) 7 (4 to 20) 12 (5 to 25) 6 (−1 to 15) 4 (−79 to 64) −85 (−153 to −17)
Slope (95% CI) 0.90 (0.87 to 0.94) 0.87 (0.84 to 0.92) 1.02 (0.86 to 1.13) 0.96 (0.76 to 1.19) 1.00 (0.91 to 1.09)
Concordance ρc (95% CI) 0.98 (0.97 to 0.98) 0.96 (0.95 to 0.97) 0.93 (0.87 to 0.96) 0.81 (0.67 to 0.90) 0.93 (0.89 to 0.96)
Pearson ρ 0.98 0.98 0.93 0.83 0.96
Accuracy Cb 0.99 0.98 0.99 0.98 0.97
Bias (LOA) (cells/mm3) −30 (−160 to 101) −29 (−149 to 92) 6 (−39 to 51) −18 (−117 to 81) −65 (−224 to 93)
Relative bias (LOA) −3.5% (−41.0 to 33.9) −3.4% (−43.1 to 36.2) 7.3% (−44.4 to 59.0) −5.2% (−34.4 to 23.9) −9.7% (−32.7 to 13.3)
Mean Similarity (95% CI) 99.3% (97.3 to 101.3) 99.4% (97.2 to 101.7) 106.0% (100.2 to 111.8) 97.9% (95.7 to 100.2) 95.7% (94.1 to 97.2)
Relative SD 11.2% 11.9% 15.9% 7.1% 5.7%

95% CI means 95% of Confidence Interval; Low means CD4 lower than 200 cells/mm3; Medium means CD4 between 200 and 500 cells/mm3; High means CD4 greater than 500 cells/mm3; HIV+  =  HIV-infected patients, LOA  =  limits of agreement, SD  =  standard deviation.