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. 2016 Nov;8(11):3307–3313. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.11.51

Table 2. Performance of HEMA-EXPRESS test for active-TB diagnosis in the different study populations.

Population TB prevalence (%) Group N HEMA-EXPRESS positives Sensitivity Specificity Accuracy Positive predicting value Negative predicting value
1 4.0 Active TB 9 7 77.8 97.2 96.4 53.8 99.0
Controls 213 6
2 15.4 Active TB 60 35 58.3 97.3 91.3 79.5 92.8
Controls 330 9
3 16.7 Active TB 51 36 70.5 51.6 54.7 22.6 89.7
Controls 254 123
4 31.9 Active TB 15 2 13.3 53.1 40.4 11.8 56.7
Controls 32 15
5 5.4 Active TB 3 2 66.6 96.1 94.5 50.0 98.0
Controls 52 2
6 41.4 Active TB 152 6 3.9 94.4 56.9 33.3 58.2
Controls 215 12
Total 20.5 Active TB 290 88 30.6 84.6 73.5 34.0 82.5
Controls 1,096 167

HEMA-EXPRESS, rapid 123 TB-XT HEMA EXPRESS test; TB, tuberculosis.