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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 19.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Infect Dis. 2019 Nov 9;91:50–56. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.11.005

Table 2.

Agreement between point-of-care rapid test and laboratory-based immunoassay testing, the 2017 Antenatal Sentinel HIV Survey, South Africa.

National Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu Natal
Laboratory-based testing
POC testing HIV+ HIV− Total HIV+ HIV− Total HIV+ HIV− Total HIV+ HIV− Total HIV+ HIV− Total
HIV+ 9,677 84 9,761 1,254 7 1,261 849 4 853 1,463 6 1,469 3,270 28 3,298
HIV− 364 21,623 21,987 69 2638 2,707 24 1,806 1,830 49 3,184 3,233 56 4,754 4,810
Total 10,041 21,707 31,748 1,323 2,645 3,968 873 1,810 2,683 1,512 3,190 4,702 3,326 4,782 8,108
PPA = 96.3% (95% CI: 95.9%–96.6%) PPA = 94.8% (95% CI: 93.7%–95.7%) PPA = 97.3% (95% CI: 96.3%–98.0%) PPA = 96.8% (95% CI: 95.3%–97.5%) PPA = 98.3% (95% CI: 97.9%–98.7%)
NPA = 99.7% (95% CI: 99.6–99.7%) NPA = 99.7% (95% CI: 99.5%–99.9%) NPA = 99.8% (95% CI: 99.6%–99.9%) NPA = 99.8% (95% CI: 99.6%–99.9%) NPA = 99.4% (95% CI: 99.2%–99.6%)
Limpopo Mpumalanga Northern Cape North West Western Cape
Laboratory-based testing
POC testing HIV+ HIV− Total HIV+ HIV− Total HIV+ HIV− Total HIV+ HIV− Total HIV+ HIV− Total
HIV+ 537 13 550 985 5 990 247 3 250 543 12 555 529 6 535
HIV− 33 1,856 1,889 65 1,748 1,813 19 1,228 1,247 27 1,453 1,480 22 2,956 2,978
Total 570 1,869 2,439 1,050 1,753 2,803 266 1,231 1,497 570 1,465 2,035 551 2,962 3,513
PPA = 94.2% (95% CI: 92.5%–95.6%) PPA = 93.8% (95% CI: 92.4%–95.0%) PPA = 92.9% (95% CI: 89.8%–95.1%) PPA = 95.3% (95% CI: 93.4%–96.6%) PPA = 96.0% (95% CI: 94.3%–97.2%)
NPA = 99.3% (95% CI: 98.9%–99.5%) NPA = 99.7% (95% CI: 99.2%–99.9%) NPA = 99.8% (95% CI: 99.4%–99.9%) NPA = 99.2% (95% CI: 98.5%–99.5%) NPA = 99.8% (95% CI: 99.7%–99.9%)

Percent agreement weighted.