Research Article

The Utilization of a New Immunochromatographic Test in Detection of Helicobacter pylori Antibody from Maternal and Umbilical Cord Serum

Table 3

The performance of the immunochromatographic test kit (ASSURE H. pylori Rapid Test) in detection of H. pylori IgG antibody in maternal serum collected on delivery and cord serum in comparison to the stool antigen test.

SensitivitySpecificityPPVNPVAccuracy
%%%%%
(n/N)(n/N)(n/N)(n/N)(n/N)

Maternal serum77.188.073.689.884.7
(81/105)(212/241)(81/110)(212/236)(293/346)
Umbilical serum69.091.677.587.684.9
(69/100)(218/238)(69/89)(218/249)(287/338)

: serum sample number; : stool sample number.