Table 3 Consistencies of the various assays for routine screening 13,767 clinical samples.

From: Evaluation of the Elecsys syphilis immunoassay for routine screening of serum samples in China

Assay methods

Overall

Positive

Negative

Consistency

Kappa value

P-value

Architect

6,004

136 (2.27%)

5,868 (97.73%)

99.30

0.840

0.176

Elecsys

6,004

132 (2.20%)

5,872 (97.80%)

 

InTec ELISA

4,820

232 (4.81%)

4,588 (95.19%)

99.65

0.961

0.730

Elecsys

4,820

231 (4.79%)

4,589 (95.21%)

 

KHB ELISA

2,943

279 (9.48%)

2,664 (90.52%)

99.49

0.970

0.873

Elecsys

2,943

282 (9.58%)

2661 (90.42%)