Table 3.

Number of false‐positive outcomes during 6 measurement days^*

	Cases >2·2°C	Patients >2·2°C†	Cases >2·2°C, after correction	Patients >2·2°C, after correction†
Definition 1	8·5% (n = 245)		4·8% (n = 140)
Mean (range)	12 (1–59)	95·0% (n = 19)	7 (1–28)	80·0% (n = 16)
Definition 2	5·5% (n = 152)		2·9% (n = 80)
Mean (range)	7·6 (1–29)	70·0% (n = 14)	4 (1–16)	45·0% (n = 9)
Definition 3	0·3% (n = 7)		0·2% (n = 4)
Mean (range)	1 (1)	35·0% (n = 7)	1 (n = 1)	20·0% (n = 4)

^*Data are numbers (%) or mean [standard deviation (SD)] per patient. Definition 1: Observing a >2·2°C difference at a single measurement. Definition 2: Observing a >2·2°C difference during two subsequent measurements. Definition 3: Observing a >2·2°C difference during one measurement and at the same time the next day.

^†Patients with a minimum of 1 false‐positive measurement during the week.