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Table 5 Overall agreement and inter-observer agreement between pairs of observers for the FK60 assay

From: Test characteristics of two rapid antigen detection tests (SD FK50 and SD FK60) for the diagnosis of malaria in returned travellers

 

Overall agreement between three observers

(%)

Agreement between pairs of observers

(kappa values)

Results expressed as positive and negative readings

  

HRP-2

96.9

0.96, 0.95, 0.96

pLDH

91.9

0.88, 0.88, 0.91

Results expressed as line intensity readings

  

HRP-2

86.2

0.86, 0.86, 0.87

pLDH

79.0

0.79, 0.80, 0.80