Table 5.
Comparison of diagnostic parameters in both ICT kits: opisthorchiasis/clonorchiasis as a combined disease entity.
| Test type and resultsa | OvSO-IgG4 kit | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| OvSO-IgG4 kit | Number of positives | Number of negatives | Total |
| Number of positives | 90 | 50 | 140 |
| Number of negatives | 11 | 181 | 192 |
| Total | 101 | 231 | 332 |
These results showed statistically significant differences between both kits; (Exact McNemar’s test; p < 0.001), with Cohen’s kappa agreement 81.6 % (κ-value = 0.608, p < 0.001).