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. 2021 Jul 13;38:101011. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101011

Table 1.

Sensitivity (true-positive), specificity (true-negative), positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV), of lateral flow testing (LFT), when compared to reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on data from 1027 patients from a general practice network in Austria.

RT-PCR negative RT-PCR positive Total tests
LFT reactive 22 788 810 Positive Predictive Value 97.3%
LFT non-reactive 179 38 217 Negative Predictive Value 82.5%
Total tests 201 826 1027
Specificity 89.1% Sensitivity 95.4%