Table 2.
Performance of the immunoglobulin M/immunoglobulin G antibody test kit for the diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection with the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction result as a reference
Results of IgM/IgG test (n) |
IgM/IgG antibody test performance (%) |
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TP | TN | FP | FN | Specificity (95%CI) | Sensitivity (95%CI) | PPV (95%CI) | NPV (95%CI) | Accuracy (95%CI) | |
IgM | 109 | 205 | 1 | 128 | 99.5 (98.6-100.0) | 46.0 (39.6-52.4) | 99.1 (97.3-100.0) | 61.6 (56.3-66.8) | 70.9 (66.6-75.1) |
IgG | 227 | 204 | 2 | 10 | 99.0 (97.7-100.0) | 95.8 (93.2-98.4) | 99.1 (97.9-100.0) | 95.3 (92.5-98.2) | 97.3 (95.8-98.8) |
M/G | 227 | 203 | 3 | 10 | 98.5 (96.9-100.0) | 95.8 (93.2-98.4) | 98.7 (97.2-100.0) | 95.3 (92.4-98.2) | 97.1 (95.5-98.6) |
SARS-CoV-2: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019; RT-PCR: Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; IgM: Immunoglobulin M; IgG: Immunoglobulin G; M/G: IgM and/or IgG; TP: True positive; TN: True negative; FP: False positive; FN: False negative; PPV: Positive predictive value; NPV: Negative predictive value.