Table 5.
Reference standard | Indeterminate cases | Test | Cut-off value | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Pa | Specificity (95% CI) | Pa |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary—fecal test | n/a | IgG | 0.714 | 0.93 (0.88–0.97) | < 0.0001 | 0.91 (0.88–0.95) | 0.0325 |
Primary—fecal test | n/a | IgG4 | 0.609 | 0.81 (0.74–0.87) | 0.94 (0.91–0.97) | ||
Secondary—CRS | Excluded | IgG | 0.675 | 0.78 (0.72–0.83) | 0.0011 | 0.98 (0.96–1.00) | 0.6547 |
Secondary—CRS | Excluded | IgG4 | 0.32 | 0.70 (0.64–0.76) | 0.97 (0.95–1.00) | ||
Secondary—CRS | Included as negative cases | IgG | 0.885 | 0.76 (0.71–0.82) | 0.5316 | 0.98 (0.96–1.00) | 0.0004 |
Secondary—CRS | Included as negative cases | IgG4 | 0.064 | 0.75 (0.69–0.81) | 0.91 (0.88–0.95) | ||
Secondary—CRS | Included as positive cases | IgG | 0.675 | 0.54 (0.48–0.59) | 0.0082 | 0.98 (0.96–1.00) | 0.6547 |
Secondary—CRS | Included as positive cases | IgG4 | 0.32 | 0.49 (0.43–0.54) | 0.97 (0.95–1.00) |
CI, Confidence interval; CRS, composite reference standard, n/a, not available
aP-values comparing sensitivities and specificities were determined by McNemar’s test