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Table 6 Areas under the curve (AUCs) of TBS-50/direct blood examination overall and in the age, gender, symptomatology, and eosinophilia subgroups

From: Low diagnostic performance of thick blood smears of 50 µl in comparison with direct examination of 10 µl blood and the leukoconcentration technique of 5ml blood among loiasis-suspected patients with low microfilaremia in Gabon, Central Africa, using the STARD-BLCM guidelines

Subgroups

AUC (%)

95% CI

Global

98.3

96.9–99.6

Age groups

 15–64 years

97.9

96.3–99.5

 Other age groups

100.0

100.0

Gender

 Male

98.4

94.7–100.0

 Female

97.8

96.9–99.9

Symptomatology

 Symptoms

97.3

95.0–99.6

 No symptoms

99.4

98.1–100.0

Eosinophilia

 Normal eosinophilia

98.9

97.4–100.0

 Hypereosinophilia

97.5

95.0–99.9