TABLE 1.
Overall agreement of S-VSCT samples with P-VSCT, CSCT, PC, and SP samples for C. trachomatisa
| Sample | Result | No. of S-VSCT samples |
% overall agreement (95% CI) | Kappa (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | − | Total | ||||
| P-VSCT | + | 21 | 0 | 21 | 99.6 (98.8–99.9) | 0.93 (0.85–1.0) |
| − | 3 | 681 | 684 | |||
| CSCT | + | 22 | 2 | 24 | 99.4 (98.6–99.8) | 0.91 (0.83–1.0) |
| − | 2 | 680 | 682 | |||
| PC L-Pap | + | 22 | 2 | 24 | 99.4 (98.5–99.8) | 0.91 (0.83–1.0) |
| − | 2 | 669 | 671 | |||
| SP L-Pap | + | 16 | 0 | 16 | 99.3 (98.1–99.7) | 0.89 (0.77–1.0) |
| − | 4 | 518 | 522 | |||
a
S-VSCT, self-collected vaginal specimen collection and transportation sample; P-VSCT, physician-collected vaginal specimen collection and transportation sample; CSCT, cervical specimen collection and transportation sample; PC, PerservCyt sample; SP, SurePath sample. +, positive; −, negative.