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Table 5 Cohen’s kappa analysis of the diagnostic methods

From: Evaluating 18s-rRNA LAMP and selective whole genome amplification (sWGA) assay in detecting asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections in blood donors

Kappa (κ)

Microscopy

RDT

crDNA-LAMP

pDNA-LAMP

Microscopy

–

–

–

–

RDT

0.74

–

–

–

crDNA-LAMP

0.56

0.78

–

–

pDNA-LAMP

0.54

0.77

0.91

–

sWGA

0.53

0.76

0.89

0.96

  1. Modified interpretation to kappa test statistic: 0.01–0.20-slight agreement; 0.21–0.40-fair agreement; 0.41–0.60-moderate agreement; 0.61–0.80-substantial agreement; 0.81–0.90-almost perfect agreement; 0.91–1.00-perfect agreement [21]
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