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Table 3 Diagnostic agreements among stool kit, FECT and KK method for diagnosis of overall parasite and Opisthorchis viverrini infection

From: Performance of Mini Parasep® SF stool concentrator kit, Kato-Katz, and formalin-ethyl acetate concentration methods for diagnosis of opisthorchiasis in Northeast Thailand

Variable

Kappa

95% confidence interval

P-values

Lower

Upper

Opisthorchis viverrini

 Stool kit vs FECT

0.693

0.565

0.820

< 0.001*

 Stool kit vs KK

0.669

0.536

0.803

< 0.001*

 FECT vs KK

0.665

0.533

0.796

< 0.001*

Overall parasite

 Stool kit vs FECT

0.626

0.499

0.753

< 0.001*

 Stool kit vs KK

0.567

0.432

0.701

< 0.001*

 FECT vs KK

0.612

0.483

0.741

< 0.001*

  1. Data shown are Cohen’s kappa statistics and P value from Z-scores
  2. *Statistically significant