Table 2. Subgroup analyses for PanBio.
Overall N (%) | Ag-Test positive/ PCR positive N (%) | Ag-Test negative/ PCR positive N (%) | Ag-Test positive/ PCR negative N (%) | Ag-Test negative/ PCR negative N (%) | Sensitivity % (95% CI) | Specificity % (95% CI) | |
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Sensitivity | |||||||
Overall | 1108 (100) | 92 (8.3) | 14 (1.3) | 1 (0.1) | 1001 (90.3) | 86.8 (79.0–92.0) | 99.9 (99.4–100) |
Heidelberg | 858 (77.4) | 44 (5.1) | 3 (0.3) | 0 | 811 (94.5) | 93.6 (82.8–97.8) | 100 (99.5–100) |
Berlin | 250 (22.6) | 48 (19.2) | 11 (4.4) | 1 (0.4) | 190 (76.0) | 81.4 (69.6–89.3) | 99.5 (97.1–100) |
Sampling strategy—Information available for N = 1108 | |||||||
NP swab | 1034 (93.3) | 91 (8.8) | 13 (1.3) | 1 (0.1) | 929 (89.8) | 87.5 (79.8–92.5) | 99.9 (99.4–100) |
OP swab | 74 (6.7) | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.4) | 0 | 72 (97.3) | 50.0 (25.6–97.4) | 100 (94.9–100) |
Symptom duration—Information available for N = 687 | |||||||
0–7 days Overall | 610 (88.8) | 69 (11.3) | 7 (1.1) | 1 (0.2) | 533 (87.4) | 90.8 (82.2–95.5) | 99.6 (98.9–100) |
8–14 days Overall | 70 (10.2) | 8 (11.4) | 5 (7.1) | 0 | 57 (81.4) | 61.5 (35.5–82.3) | 100 (93.7–100) |
Symptomatic versus Asymptomatic—Information available for N = 1100 | |||||||
Symptomatic | 712 (64.7) | 79 (11.1) | 12 (1.7) | 1 (0.1) | 620 (87.1) | 86.8 (78.2–92.3) | 99.8 (99.1–100) |
Asymptomatic | 388 (35.3) | 12 (3.1) | 2 (0.5) | 0 | 374 (96.4) | 85.7 (60.1–96∙0) | 100 (99.0–100) |
Ct-Value PCR <30 and > = 30—Information available for N = 105* | |||||||
CT value PCR <30 | 93 (88) | 87 (93.5) | 6 (6.5) | NA | NA | 93.5 (86.6–97.0) | NA |
CT value PCR > = 30 | 12 (11.0) | 4 (33.0) | 8 (67.0) | NA | NA | 33 (13.8–60.1) | NA |
Ct-Value PCR <25 and > = 25—Information available for N = 105* | |||||||
CT value PCR <25 | 72 (68.0) | 69 (95.8) | 3 (4.2) | NA | NA | 95.8 (88.5–98.6) | NA |
CT value PCR > = 25 | 33 (31.0) | 22 (66.7) | 11 (33.3) | NA | NA | 66.7 (49.6–80.2) | NA |
• One RT-PCR positive with a mutation in the E gene was excluded