Table 1.
The comparison of HCV Ag and HCV RNA results in 115 patients with positive Anti HCV.
| HCV RNA | |||||||
| In terms of positivity and negativity | In terms of viral | ||||||
| HCV Ag | load | ||||||
| Positive** | Non determined | Total | <101 IU/m 1 |
>101 IU/m 1 |
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| Reactive | 83 | 0 | 83 | PPV*: 100% | 3 | 80 | |
| Non-reactive | 13 | 19 | 32 | NPV*: 59.4% | 9 | 4 | |
| Total | 96 | 19 | 115 | Accuracy*: 88.7% |
12 | 84 | |
| Sensitivity*: 86.5% |
Specificity*: 100% |
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NPV: Negative predictive value, PPV: positive predictive value,
*
The analysis was performed accepting HCV RNA results as the reference method.
**
Low viremia grup was added into the positive group.