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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2008; 14(8): 1231-1236
Published online Feb 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1231
Published online Feb 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1231
Table 3 Performance of serological tests
| Performance (95% Confidence interval) in percentage | |||||
| Test | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV1 | NPV2 | Accuracy |
| ELISA | 96.7 (88.6-99.4) | 42.8 (21.8-65.9) | 83.1 (72.3-90.9) | 81.8 (48.2-97.7) | 82.9 (73.0-90.3) |
| ICT | 90.1 (79.8-96.3) | 80.9 (58.0-94.5) | 93.2 (83.5-98.1) | 73.9 (51.5-89.7) | 87.8 (78.7-93.9) |
| ICT with CIM | 88.5 (77.7-95.2) | 90.4 (69.6-98.8) | 96.4 (87.6-99.5) | 73.0 (52.2-88.4) | 89.0 (80.1-94.8) |
| Immunoblot | 98.3 (91.2-99.9) | 80.9 (58.0-94.5) | 93.7 (84.7-98.2) | 94.4 (72.7-99.8) | 93.9 (86.3-97.9) |
| Immunoblot with CIM | 98.3 (91.2-99.9) | 90.4 (69.6-98.8) | 96.7 (88.8-99.6) | 95.0 (75.1-99.8) | 96.3 (89.6-99.2) |
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Citation: Rahman SH, Azam MG, Rahman MA, Arfin M, Alam MM, Bhuiyan TM, Ahmed N, Rahman M, Nahar S, Hassan M. Non-invasive diagnosis of
H pylori infection: Evaluation of serological tests with and without current infection marker CIM. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(8): 1231-1236 - URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v14/i8/1231.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.1231