Table 4.
Comparison of two new fully automated analyzers with RIDA Allergy Screen as a reference using cutoff level of class 2.
| Allergen | AdvanSure Smart II vs. RIDA |
PROTIA Allergy-Q vs. RIDA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food panel | Inhalant panel | Food panel | Inhalant panel | |||||
|
N=30 |
N=79 |
N=40 |
N=93 |
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| Agreement (%) | Concordant positive rate (%) | Agreement (%) | Concordant positive rate (%) | Agreement (%) | Concordant positive rate (%) | Agreement (%) | Concordant positive rate (%) | |
| Acacia | 100.0 | 1.3 | 97.8 | 0.0 | ||||
| Alternaria alternata | 100.0 | 16.7 | 93.7 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 12.5 | 93.5 | 0.0 |
| Anchovy | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Ash mix | 100.0 | 1.3 | 96.8 | 0.0 | ||||
| Aspergillus fumigatus | 93.3 | 0.0 | 97.5 | 0.0 | 97.8 | 0.0 | ||
| Banana | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Barley meal | 96.7 | 0.0 | 95.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Beef | 96.7 | 0.0 | 97.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| Bermuda grass | 98.7 | 1.3 | 96.8 | 1.1 | ||||
| Birch-Alder mix | 96.7 | 3.3 | 96.2 | 0.0 | 97.5 | 0.0 | 92.5 | 2.2 |
| Bromelain (CCD) | 93.3 | 0.0 | 92.4 | 1.3 | ||||
| Buck-wheat | 100.0 | 0.0 | 95.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Candida albicans | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Cat | 96.7 | 0.0 | 88.6 | 2.5 | 97.5 | 0.0 | 93.5 | 2.2 |
| Cheddar cheese | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Chestnut | 96.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Chicken | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Citrus mix | 100.0 | 0.0 | 97.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| Cladosporium herbarum | 100.0 | 0.0 | 96.2 | 0.0 | 97.8 | 0.0 | ||
| Clam | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Cockroach | 96.7 | 3.3 | 97.5 | 2.5 | 92.5 | 5.0 | 95.7 | 2.2 |
| Codfish | 96.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Crab | 93.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 85.0 | 0.0 | 94.6 | 0.0 |
| Cucumber | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| D. farinae | 76.7 | 26.7 | 77.2 | 12.7 | 76.7 | 30.0 | 82.8 | 11.8 |
| D. pteronyssinus | 80.0 | 26.7 | 75.9 | 13.9 | 90.0 | 22.5 | 89.2 | 12.9 |
| Dandelion | 100.0 | 1.3 | 96.8 | 2.2 | ||||
| Dog | 96.7 | 0.0 | 97.5 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 5.0 | 97.8 | 2.2 |
| Egg white | 100.0 | 3.3 | 98.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 7.5 | 97.8 | 0.0 |
| Garlic | 100.0 | 0.0 | 95.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Goldenrod | 97.5 | 1.3 | 95.7 | 0.0 | ||||
| Hazelnut | 100.0 | 1.3 | 98.9 | 1.1 | ||||
| House dust | 73.3 | 0.0 | 69.6 | 0.0 | 78.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Japanese cedar | 98.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 1.1 | ||||
| Japanese Hop | 100.0 | 0.0 | 98.7 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 96.8 | 0.0 |
| Kiwi | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Latex | 98.7 | 0.0 | 96.8 | 0.0 | ||||
| Mackerel | 96.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 95.0 | 0.0 | 98.9 | 0.0 |
| Mango | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Milk | 100.0 | 0.0 | 86.1 | 2.5 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 93.5 | 0.0 |
| Mugwort | 96.7 | 0.0 | 98.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 98.9 | 1.1 |
| Mussel | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Oak white | 100.0 | 3.3 | 98.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2.5 | 96.8 | 0.0 |
| Onion | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Orchard grass | 100.0 | 1.3 | 97.8 | 1.1 | ||||
| Oxeye daisy | 100.0 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 2.2 | ||||
| Peach | 96.7 | 0.0 | 97.5 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 97.8 | 0.0 |
| Penicillium notatum | 96.2 | 0.0 | 97.8 | 0.0 | ||||
| Pigweed | 100.0 | 1.3 | 98.9 | 1.1 | ||||
| Pine | 98.7 | 0.0 | 98.9 | 0.0 | ||||
| Poplar mix | 98.7 | 0.0 | 97.8 | 1.1 | ||||
| Peanut | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Pork | 96.7 | 0.0 | 95.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Potato | 100.0 | 0.0 | 97.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| Pupa, silk cocoon | 90.0 | 0.0 | 90.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Rabbit | 98.7 | 0.0 | ||||||
| Ragweed | 93.3 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2.5 | 97.5 | 0.0 | 98.9 | 2.2 |
| Redtop, bent grass | 100.0 | 1.3 | ||||||
| Reed | 96.2 | 0.0 | 97.8 | 0.0 | ||||
| Rice | 100.0 | 0.0 | 95.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Russian thistle | 98.7 | 1.3 | 97.8 | 1.1 | ||||
| Rye pollens | 100.0 | 0.0 | 93.7 | 2.5 | 95.0 | 0.0 | 98.9 | 2.2 |
| Sallow willow | 100.0 | 1.3 | 97.8 | 2.2 | ||||
| Salmon | 96.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Shrimp | 96.7 | 6.7 | 94.9 | 0.0 | 95.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| Soy bean | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 |
| Storage mite | 86.7 | 6.7 | 89.9 | 10.1 | 90.3 | 11.8 | ||
| Sweet vernal grass | 94.9 | 1.3 | ||||||
| Sycamore mix | 100.0 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 2.2 | ||||
| Timothy grass | 94.9 | 1.3 | 97.8 | 2.2 | ||||
| Tomato | 100.0 | 0.0 | 97.5 | 0.0 | ||||
| Tuna | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Wheat flour | 93.3 | 0.0 | 90.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Yeast, bakers | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| Yellow jacket (wasp) | 96.2 | 0.0 | ||||||