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

Table 6.

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

SUM of Fumonisins
Cut off 400 µg/kg DM Cut off 700 µg/kg DM Cut off 1000 µg/kg DM
Class1 Class2 Class1 Class2 Class1 Class2
Class1 13.5 ± 2.1 5.5 ± 2.1 27.1 ± 3.0 7.0 ± 3.0 34.8 ± 2.7 6.2 ± 2.7
Class2 5.2 ± 2.2 11.8 ± 2.2 4.9 ± 2.5 26.1 ± 2.5 2.9 ± 2.3 34.1 ± 2.3
Accuracy 70.5 ± 7.3% 81.8 ± 5.2% 88.3 ± 4.3%
Sensitivity 70.8 ± 11.1% 79.6 ± 8.7% 84.9 ± 6.6%
Specificity 69.3 ± 12.8% 84.3 ± 8.0% 92.2 ±6.3%
CI 2 (52.8 ± 7.6%), (84.0 ± 5.7%) (70.44 ± 6.0%), (90.1 ± 3.9%) (79.2 ± 5.2%), (94.3 ± 3.0%)
p value 0.074 ± 0.121 <0.05 <0.05
COUNT of Fumonisins
Cut off n = 4 Cut off n = 5 Cut off n = 6
Class1 Class2 Class1 Class2 Class1 Class2
Class1 13.5 ± 2.1 4.5 ± 2.1 25.0 ± 2.1 6.0 ± 2.1 45.2 ± 2.9 5.8 ± 2.9
Class2 5.6 ± 2.0 9.4 ± 2.0 5.7 ± 2.6 21.3 ± 2.6 1.0 ± 1.4 43.0 ± 1.4
Accuracy 69.5 ± 7.8% 79.8 ± 5.3% 92.8 ± 3.3%
Sensitivity 75.2 ± 11.7% 80.6 ± 6.8% 88.7 ± 5.6%
Specificity 62.7 ± 13.5% 78.9 ± 9.6% 97.6 ± 3.1%
CI 2 (51.3 ± 8.2%), (84.0 ± 5.9%) (67.3 ± 5.9%), (89.0 ± 4.0%) (85.8 ± 4.2%), (96.9 ± 2.2%)
p value 0.122 ± 0.153 <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%.