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. 2022 Jun 11:jfac023. doi: 10.1093/jalm/jfac023

Table 3.

COVID-19 RT–PCR positive samples Ct value comparison with the AG-Q COVID-19 N-Antigen self-test result.

False Negative Results (n=19) Weak Positive Results (n=10)
Ct value N/ORF1ab RT–PCR N-Antigen self Interpretation Ct value N/ORF1ab RT–PCR N-Antigen self Interpretation
25/25 P N FN 36/34 P WP TP
33/34 P N FN 26/26 P WP TP
22/22 P N FN 28/30 P WP TP
27/27 P N FN 18/19 P WP TP
27/37 P N FN 31/32 P WP TP
24/23 P N FN 29/30 P WP TP
35/35 P N FN 27/28 P WP TP
29/30 P N FN 34/34 P WP TP
30/31 P N FN 36/35 P WP TP
30/32 P N FN 27/28 P WP TP
36/34 P N FN True positive results
32/33 P N FN Ct value N/ORF1ab RT–PCR N-Antigen self Interpretation
31/31 P N FN 17/18 P P TP
27/28 P N FN 25/29 P P TP
25/26 P N FN 22/23 P P TP
26/27 P N FN 28/30 P P TP
26/27 P N FN 24/25 P P TP
36/35 P N FN 18/20 P P TP
31/32 P N FN 30/32 P P TP
True Positive results (n = 57) 30/31 P P TP
Ct value N/ORF1ab RT–PCR N-Antigen self Interpretation 25/26 P P TP
29/31 P P TP 28/29 P P TP
27/28 P P TP 28/28 P P TP
29/30 P P TP 29/32 P P TP
31/31 P P TP 36/35 P P TP
25/26 P P TP 17/18 P P TP
32/32 P P TP 29/30 P P TP
29/29 P P TP 31/33 P P TP
22/21 P P TP 24/25 P P TP
19/18 P P TP 23/24 P P TP
29/28 P P TP 24/25 P P TP
22/21 P P TP 26/26 P P TP
22/23 P P TP 23/23 P P TP
26/25 P P TP 29/31 P P TP
30/29 P P TP 34/34 P P TP
31/31 P P TP 28/30 P P TP
24/23 P P TP 28/28 P P TP
27/32 P P TP 21/21 P P TP
21/29 P P TP 21/21 P P TP
21/29 P P TP 29/30 P P TP
23/20 P P TP 20/21 P P TP
28/30 P P TP 25/25 P P TP
23/22 P P TP 29/30 P P TP
26/27 P P TP
14/15 P P TP
22/26 P P TP
21/21 P P TP

P = Positive, N = Negative, FP = False Positive, FN = False Negative, WP = Weak Positive, TP = True Positive (WP is considered as TP in result reporting).