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. 2021 Aug 18;59(9):e01105-21. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01105-21

TABLE 3.

Rates of agreement between the five SARS-CoV-2 assaysa

A/B No. of samples with the following A/B patterna:
Agreement (% [95% confidence interval])
Kappa value
P/P P/N N/P N/N Positive, A to B Negative, A to B Positive, B to A Negative, B to A Total
Roche/Abbott 190 3 22 239 89.6 (84.7–93.4) 98.8 (96.4–99.7) 98.4 (95.5–99.7) 91.6 (87.5–94.6) 94.5 (92.0–96.4) 0.89 (0.85–0.93)
Roche/Siemens 167 26 5 256 97.1 (93.3–99.1) 90.8 (86.8–93.9) 86.5 (80.9–91.0) 98.1 (95.6–99.4) 93.2 (91.4–95.3) 0.86 (0.81–0.91)
Roche/SD Biosensor 188 4 20 241 90.4 (85.5–94.0) 98.4 (95.9–99.6) 97.9 (94.8–99.4) 92.3 (88.4–95.3) 94.7 (92.2–96.6) 0.89 (0.85–0.93)
Roche/GenScript 148 45 3 258 98.0 (94.3–99.6) 85.1 (80.6–89.0) 76.7 (70.0–82.5) 98.9 (96.7–99.8) 89.4 (86.2–92.1) 0.78 (0.72–0.84)
Abbott/Siemens 171 41 1 241 99.4 (96.8–100.0) 85.5 (80.8–89.4) 80.7 (74.7–85.8) 99.6 (97.7–100.0) 90.7 (87.7–93.3) 0.81 (0.76–0.87)
Abbott/SD Biosensor 204 7 4 238 98.1 (95.2–99.5) 97.1 (94.2–98.8) 967 (93.3–98.7) 98.3 (95.8–99.5) 97.6 (95.7–98.8) 0.95 (0.92–0.98)
Abbott/GenScript 151 61 0 242 100.0 (97.6–100.0) 79.9 (74.9–84.2) 71.2 (64.6–77.2) 100.0 (98.5–100.0) 86.6 (83.1–89.6) 0.73 (0.66–0.79)
Siemens/SD Biosensor 170 1 38 244 81.7 (75.8–86.7) 99.6 (97.7–100.0) 99.4 (96.8–100.0) 86.5 (82.0–90.3) 91.4 (88.4–93.8) 0.82 (0.77–0.88)
Siemens/GenScript 144 28 7 275 95.4 (90.7–98.1) 90.8 (86.9–93.8) 83.7 (77.3–88.9) 97.5 (95.0–99.0) 92.3 (89.4–94.6) 0.83 (0.78–0.89)
SD Biosensor/GenScript 150 58 0 245 100.0 (97.6–100.0) 80.9 (76.0–85.1) 72.1 (65.5–78.1) 100.0 (98.5–100.0) 87.2 (83.8–90.1) 0.74 (0.68–0.80)

aN, negative; P, positive.