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. 2015 Mar 11;2015(3):CD009579. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009579.pub2

3. Sources of heterogeneity for CCA POC test for S. mansoni.

Group Co‐variate Subgroup n (N = 15) Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI)
Overall       0.89 (0.86‐0.92) 0.55 (0.46‐0.65)
Subgroup analysis Reference standarda        
    Higher quality (> 1 sample) 5 0.88 (0.82‐0.92) 0.66 (0.46‐0.82)
    Lower quality (1 sample) 13 0.88 (0.85‐0.91) 0.55 (0.45‐0.66)
  Positivity thresholdb > +1 5 0.72 (0.60‐0.82) 0.85 (0.71‐0.93)
  Age Children 14 0.90 (0.86‐0.92) 0.56 (0.46‐0.66)
  Intensity of infection Lightc 3
           
Sensitivity analysis QUADAS Patient Selection Low risk of biasc 3
  QUADAS Reference Standard Low risk of biasc 0
  QUADAS Flow and Timing Low risk of bias 11 0.87 (0.84‐0.90) 0.57 (0.49‐0.65)

aThree studies had data points for evaluations with both a lower‐ and a higher‐quality reference standard.

bFive studies had data points at both thresholds: trace and +1.

cInsufficient data for synthesis.