Table 4 Consistency of H.pylori test results among diagnostic methods.
Reference Methods | recomLine (N,%) | Total | Kappa | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | |||||
Giemsa | Positive | 197(98.01) | 4(1.99) | 201(100.00) | 0.828 | <0.001 |
Negative | 18(18.18) | 81(81.82) | 99(100.00) | |||
13C-UBT | Positive | 187(94.92) | 10(5.08) | 197(100.00) | 0.707 | <0.001 |
Negative | 28(27.18) | 75(72.82) | 103(100.00) | |||
Total | 215 | 85 | 300 | |||
