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Table 2.

Diagnostic performance of the sweeping method compared to the conventional method for detection of Helicobacter pylori infection.

Performance characteristic (95% CI)	Rapid urease test
Performance characteristic (95% CI)	Sweeping	Conventional
Sensitivity	0.941 (0.897–0.970)	0.685 (0.613–0.750)
Specificity	0.826 (0.733–0.897)	0.859 (0.771–0.923)
Accuracy	0.903 (0.862–0.935)	0.742 (0.686–0.792)
PPV	0.917 (0.868–0.952)	0.908 (0.848–0.950)
NPV	0.874 (0.785–0.935)	0.573 (0.486–0.656)

CI confidence interval; PPV positive predictive value; NPV negative predictive value.