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. 2017 Jul 25;17:518. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2614-3

Table 2.

The age-dependent false positive and false negative rates of serology assay

Age False positive rate Statistic value P False negative rate Statistic P
value
0–3 year 60% (78/130) 21% (14/66)
3–6 year 39% (31/132) 23.532a <0.001 4% (3/84) 20.500a <0.001
>6 year 31% (50/160) 2% (2/112)

a Linear-by-Linear Association