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. 2021 Apr 20;59(5):e03051-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03051-20

TABLE 1.

Estimated diagnostic sensitivity of tracheal, serum, and oral fluid samples, and regression model coefficients

Definition Parameter Estimate SE 95% credible interval
Diagnostic sensitivity (Se)
 Tracheal PCR γ1,1 0.965 0.0302 0.905 to 0.999
 Serum ELISA γ1,2 0.818 0.0243 0.775 to 0.861
 Oral fluid PCR γ1,3 0.396 0.0582 0.285 to 0.507
Hazard baseline β0 1.943 0.1512 1.647 to 2.241
Pen prevalence β1 −0.101 0.0083 −0.117 to −0.085
Spatial and pen prevalence β2 −0.273 0.0406 −0.353 to −0.193
Pen status (0/1) C 4.743 0.3341 4.118 to 5.374
Lag parameter for oral fluids q 2.389 0.2451 1.973 to 2.806