Table 1.

Comparison of the genotyping results of 6 HCV Genotyping 9G test with LiPA 2.0 assay for plasma samples (n = 280)

HCV Genotype	No. of subtypes		κ value (95% CI)
	6 HCV Genotyping test	LiPA 2.0 assay
1a	25	33	0.155 (0.119–0.429)
1b	60	43	0.077 (0.067–0.220)
2	3	3	1.000 (1.000–1.000)
3	60	61	0.659 (0.0367–1.000)
4	0	0	–
6	17 (6a or 6f), 30 (6i or 6n)	59 (6 (c-l))	0.127 (0.100–0.353)
3 & 6	2 (3 and 6i or 6n) 1 (3 and 6a or 6f)	2 (3 and 6(c-l))	0.500 (0.235–1.000)
Negative	82	80	0.491 (0.109–1.000)