Table I.
(a) LC tandem mass spectrometry | (b) LC tandem mass spectrometry | |||
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Total cotinine >200 ng/mL | Total cotinine <200 ng/mL | Total cotinine >10 ng/mL | Total cotinine <10 ng/mL | |
Test strip positive (%) | 199 (49.8) | 16 (4) | 146 (36.5) | 25 (6.3) |
Test strip negative (%) | 1 (0.25) | 184 (46) | 2 (0.5) | 227 (56.8) |
Sensitivity = 99.5% | Sensitivity = 98.7% | |||
Specificity = 92.0% | Specificity = 90.1% | |||
Positive predictive value = 92.6% | Positive predictive value = 85.4% | |||
Negative predictive value = 99.5% | Negative predictive value = 99.2% | |||
Accuracy = 95.8% | Accuracy = 93.3% | |||
n = 400 | n = 400 | |||
Agreement between both readers: 99.4% | Agreement between both readers: 97.9% |
All tabulated results are from the Primary reader.