Table 9 Overall agreement and inter-observer agreement between pairs of observers for the CareStart™ Malaria HRP-2/pLDH (Pf/pan) Combo Test assay
Overall agreement between three observers (%) | Agreement between pairs of observers (kappa values) | |
|---|---|---|
Results expressed as positive and negative readings | ||
HRP-2 | 98.0 | 0.98, 0.97, 0.97 |
pan-pLDH | 90.3 | 0.87, 0.87, 0.87 |
Results expressed as line intensity readings | ||
HRP-2 | 80.7 | 0.82, 0.80, 0.79 |
pan-pLDH | 75.3 | 0.77, 0.77, 0.77 |