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

Table 4

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

	Maternal serum; on delivery		Kappa; coefficient
	H. pylori (+)	H. pylori (−)	(95% CI)
Maternal serum, antenatal
H. pylori (+)	93	2	0.92
H. pylori (−)	8	221	(0.88–0.97)
Cord serum
H. pylori (+)	89	0	0.88
H. pylori (−)	16	233	(0.83–0.93)