Table 4. Agreement between RPA-LF test and other diagnostic tests.
Diagnostic test | RPA-LF scenario | Positive percent agreement | Negative percent agreement | ||||
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n/N | % (95%CI) | p* | n/N | % (95%CI) | p* | ||
Smear | Reference lab | 67/71 | 94 (89–100) | 0.007 | 28/33 | 85 (72–97) | 0.3 |
Field | 55/71 | 77 (67–87) | 25/33 | 75 (61–90) | |||
Smear + Culture | Reference lab | 72/79 | 91 (84–98) | 0.02 | 34/39 | 87 (76–98) | 1 |
Field | 61/79 | 77 (68–87) | 34/39 | 87 (76–98) | |||
Smear + Culture + histopathology | Reference lab | 72/80 | 90 (83–96) | 0.04 | 33/38 | 86 (76–98) | 0.7 |
Field | 62/80 | 77 (68–87) | 34/38 | 89 (79–99) | |||
qPCR-18S | Reference lab | 63/74 | 85 (77–93) | 0.08 | 30/44 | 68 (54–82) | 0.3 |
Field | 55/74 | 74 (64–85) | 33/44 | 75 (62–88) |
* McNemar Test