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Table. 3.
Agreement between samples with the highest viral concentrations and samples with the highest RNase P concentrations among nasal swabs and two types of NPSs
| Samples with the highest virus concentration | Cohen’s kappa (SE) | 95% CI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal swab | NPS (Noble) | NPS (Copan) | Total | |||||
| Samples with the highest RNase P concentrations | Nasa swab | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0.414 (0.108) | 0.203 | 0.625 |
| NPS (Noble) | 0 | 16 | 6 | 22 | ||||
| NPS (Copan) | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 24 | 21 | 48 | ||||
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NPS, nasopharyngeal swab.
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