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Table 1 Measures of accuracy for DUS Schisto POC-CCA and direct urine Schisto POC-CCA methods

From: Accuracy and precision of dried urine spot method for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni circulating cathodic antigens in resource-limited settings

Measure of test accuracy

Direct urine POC-CCA

DUS POC-CCA

Value

95% CI

Value

95% CI

Sensitivity (%)

97.22

93.43–100.00

94.44

89.15–99.74

Specificity (%)

63.48

56.41–70.56

66.85

59.94–73.77

Negative predictive value (%)

98.26

93.48–99.55

96.75

91.94–98.73

Positive predictive value (%)

51.85

43.42–60.28

53.54

48.87–62.22

Accuracy (%)

73.20

67.25–78.59

74.80

68.94–79.06

  1. The measures of accuracy were computed using duplicate Kato-Katz method as reference standard
  2. CI confidence interval