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Table 2.

Statistical measures of the performance of ELISA (OD) and MAT with different cut-offs compared with MC-PCR for detecting T. gondii in horse meat samples.

MC-PCR* vs. OD > 0.06 MC-PCR* vs. OD > 0.1015 MC-PCR* vs. OD > 0.1145 MC-PCR* vs. OD > 0.15 MC-PCR* vs. MAT > 0 MC-PCR* vs. MAT > 1:10 MC-PCR* vs. MAT > 1:20 MC-PCR* vs. MAT > 1:40
Sensitivity, % 90.91% 65.66% 61.62% 49.49% 65.66% 45.45% 32.32% 19.19%
(95% CI) (0.85–0.97) (0.56–0.75) (0.52–0.71) (0.40–0.59) (0.56–0.75) (0.36–0.55) (0.23–0.42) (0.11–0.27)
Specificity, % 11.36% 46.97% 48.48% 57.58% 46.21% 70.45% 84.09% 92.42%
(95% CI) (0.06–0.17) (0.38–0.55) (0.40–0.57) (0.49–0.66) (0.38–0.55) (0.63–0.78) (0.78–0.90) (0.88–0.97)
PPV, % 43.48% 48.15% 47.29% 46.67% 47.79% 53.57% 60.38% 65.52%
(95% CI) (0.37–0.50) (0.40–0.57) (0.39–0.56) (0.37–0.56) (0.39–0.56) (0.43–0.64) (0.47–0.74) (0.48–0.83)
NPV, % 62.50% 64.58% 62.75% 60.32% 64.21% 63.27% 62.36% 60.40%
(95% CI) (0.43–0.82) (0.55–0.74) (0.53–0.72) (0.52–0.69) (0.55–0.74) (0.55–0.71) (0.55–0.69) (0.54–0.67)
Kappa coefficient 0.02 0.12 0.09 0.07 0.11 0.16 0.17 0.12
McNemar test P < 0.1% P < 0.1% P < 1% NS P < 0.1% NS P < 0.1% P < 0.1%
*

MC-PCR is the reference test; PPV is the positive predictive value; NPV is the negative predictive value; NS means not significant.

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