Table 3. Correlation between capillary (CAP) and venous (VEN) microfilaraemia and reproducibility of CAP microfilaraemia in VEN blood.
n | Correlation between CAP microfilaraemia and VEN microfilaraemia | Reproducibility of CAP microfilaraemia in VEN microfilaraemia | ||
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Pearson’s r | Intraclass correlation coefficient (95% CI) | p-value* | ||
Loa loa | 152 | 0.94 | 93.4% (89.4 to 95.8) | < 0.0001 |
Mansonella perstans | 102 | 0.90 | 94.7% (89.3 to 97.4) | < 0.0001 |
*F-test