Table 4. Percentage of agreement, point and interval estimates of kappa coefficient of 135 blood samples obtained from 91 Chagas disease patients from different endemic regions of the state of Minas Gerais (southern Brazil).
qPCR | Blood culture | Percentage (Number of patients/total) | Agreement Coefficient |
Type of agreement |
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Positive | 38.5 (52/135) | 0.374 [0.205; 0.542] | Fair |
Negative | Positive | 11.1 (15/135) | ||
Positive | Negative | 20.0 (27/135) | ||
Negative | Negative | 30.4 (41/135) |