Table 3 Prevalence of reactivity of HBV by chemiluminescence (CLIA) and nucleic acid testing (NAT).

From: A comparative analysis between NAT and chemiluminescence in detection of transfusion transmitted viruses in two main university blood transfusion centers

HBsAg

(N/%)

Total (N = 87620)

Assuit (N = 75156)

Mansoura (N = 12464)

CLIA

NAT

CLIA

NAT

CLIA

NAT

Non-reactive

86,944/99.23

86,999/99.29

74,555/99.2

74,603/99.26

12,389/99.4

12,396/99.46

Reactive

676/0.77

621/0.71

601/0.8

553/0.74

75/0.6

68/0.54

HBsAg + ve NAT + ve (TP)

589/0.67

525/0.7

64/0.51

HBsAg + ve NAT-ve (FP)

87/0.1

76/0.1

11/0.09

HBsAg -ve NAT + ve (FN)

(NAT yield)

32/0.04

28/0.04

4/0.03

HBsAg -ve NAT-ve (TN)

86,912/99.19

74,527/99.16

12,385/99.37

Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, NPV and accuracy of chemiluminescence compared to gold standard test NAT

(value, 95% CI)

Sensitivity

94.85% (92.80–96.45%)

94.94% (92.77–96.61%)

94.12% (85.62–98.37%)

Specificity

99.90% (99.88–99.92%)

99.90% (99.87–99.92%)

99.91% (99.84–99.96%)

PPV

87.13% (84.58–89.32%)

87.35% (84.65–89.64%)

85.33% (76.27–91.33%)

NPV

99.96% (99.95–99.97%)

99.96% (99.95–99.97%)

99.97% (99.92–99.99%)

Accuracy

99.86% (99.84–99.89%)

99.86% (99.83–99.89%)

99.88% (99.80–99.93%)

Inter-rater agreement

- %

- Kappa coefficient value

99.86%

0.907 (very good)

99.86%

0.909 (very good)

99.88%

0.895 (very good)