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