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. 2021 Sep 14;16(9):e0257351. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257351

Table 2. Performance of ELISA tests as estimated by ROC analysis.

Performance measures ELISA assay
RBD(1)-IgG RBD-IgM Spike(2)-IgG Spike-IgM
AUC(3) (95% CI) 0.995 (0.99–1) 0.987 (0.969–1) 0.98 (0.95–1) 0.986 (0.972–1)
AUC standard error 0.002 0.009 0.015 0.007
Optimal cut-off(4) 0.483 0.933 0.646 0.847
Sensitivity (95% CI) 0.990 (0.946–0.999) 0.970 (0.917–0.992) 0.941 (0.858–0.976) 0.929 (0.845–0.969)
Specificity (95% CI) 0.933 (0.821–0.977) 0.977 (0.884–0.998) 0.977 (0.884–0.998) 0.955 (0.851–0.992)
PPV(5) (95% CI) 0.971 (0.918–0.992) 0.990 (0.945–0.999) 0.984 (0.917–0.999) 0.970 (0.899–0.994)
NPV(6) (95% CI) 0.976 (0.879–0.998) 0.936 (0.828–0.978) 0.916 (0.804–0.967) 0.895 (0.778–0.954)
Kappa (7) (95% CI) 0.935 (0.873–0.998) 0.937 (0.876–0.998) 0.909 (0.831–0.987) 0.874 (0.784–0.964)
Kappa SE 0.032 0.031 0.040 0.046

(1) RBD, recombinant SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Binding Domain.

(2) Spike, recombinant SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein.

(3) AUC, area under the ROC curve.

(4) Calculated by Youden method.

(5) Positive Predictive Value.

(6) Negative Predictive Value.

(7) Agreement with RT-PCR assay.