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. 2015 Feb 19;14:85. doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-0597-3

Table 4.

Proportion of agreements between mRDT and microscopy and qPCR (McNemar comparison, Kappa statistic and correlation)

Tests combination Observed agreement Expected agreement McNemar p-value Kappa statistic* Correlation
RDT- BS1 (n = 1710) 95.6% 91.2% <0.01 0.50 0.54
RDT – BS2 (n = 1650) 95.2% 91.5% <0.01 0.43 0.48
RDT – qPCR1 (n = 1506) 94.9% 90.7% <0.01 0.45 0.47
BS1 - BS2 (n = 1508) 98.6% 94.5% =0.05 0.75 0.76

Kappa statistic*: p < 0.01.