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. 2022 May 3;14(5):323. doi: 10.3390/toxins14050323

Table 3.

Near-infrared spectroscopy calibration parameters from the prediction set on the total sum (µg/kg DM) and count (n) of Mycotoxin class 1.

TOTAL SUM of Mycotoxins
Cut off 4000 µg/kg DM Cut off 7000 µg/kg DM Cut off 10,000 µg/kg DM
Class1 Class2 Class1 Class2 Class1 Class2
Class1 25.7 ± 2.7 6.3 ± 2.7 35.6 ± 2.4 5.4 ± 2.4 42.9 ± 2.1 3.1 ± 2.1
Class2 4.6 ± 2.3 25.5 ± 2.3 1.3 ± 1.5 35.8 ± 1.5 0.4 ± 0.9 40.7 ± 0.9
Accuracy 82.2 ± 5.9% 91.5 ± 3.5% 96.0 ± 2.7%
Sensitivity 80.2 ± 8.5% 86.9 ± 5.9% 93.2 ± 4.6%
Specificity 81.3 ± 8.0% 96.6 ± 4.0% 99.2 ± 2.2%
CI 2 (70.4 ± 6.9%), (90.6 ± 4.3%) (83.1 ± 4.4%), (96.5 ± 2.2%) (89.7 ± 3.7%), (98.8 ± 1.4%)
p value <0.05 <0.05 <0.05
TOTAL COUNT of mycotoxins
Cut off n = 28 Cut off n = 31 Cut off n = 34
Class1 Class2 Class1 Class2 Class1 Class2
Class1 30.9 ± 2.4 5.1 ± 2.4 38.9 ± 1.7 4.2 ± 1.7 46.3 ±1.7 2.7 ±1.7
Class2 3.2 ± 2.2 28.9 ± 2.2 0.6 ± 1.1 38.4 ± 1.1 0.03 ± 0.3 44.0 ± 0.3
Accuracy 87.8 ± 4.4% 94.2 ± 2.6% 97.1 ± 1.8%
Sensitivity 85.7 ± 6.7% 90.4 ± 3.9% 94.6 ± 3.5%
Specificity 90.2 ± 6.7% 98.5 ± 2.8% 99.9 ± 0.7%
CI 2 (77.8 ± 5.3%), (94.3 ± 3.0%) (86.9 ± 3.4%), (98.1 ± 1.5%) (91.5 ± 2.7%), (99.3 ± 0.7%)
p value <0.05 <0.05 <0.05

1 Class 1, class of samples lower than cut-off limits; Class 2, class of samples higher than cut-off limits 2 CI, Confidence Interval 95%.