Hepatitis C Virus Core Antigen Test in Monitoring of Dialysis Patients

Table 3

Comparison between HCVcAg and PCR HCV-RNA test.

HCVcAg test	PCR HCV-RNA test		Total
Result	Positive	Negative
Positive	18	0	18
Negative	2	72	74
Total	20	72	92

The sensitivity of HCVcAg test was 90%, the specificity 100%, the positive predictive power 100%, the negative predictive power 97%, and the accuracy 97%.