Research Article

Fetal Rhesus D Genotyping and Sex Determination from Maternal Plasma of Rhesus D-Negative Antenatal Population: The Usefulness of Conventional Polymerase Chain Reaction in Resource-limited Settings

Table 3

Analytical and diagnostic measures between prenatal RhD and sex genotyping and postnatal measures.

GenotypingNeonatal RhD phenotypeConcordanceCohen’s kappaAccuracy value
RhD+RhD−

Fetal genotype
RhD5100.0%100.0%100.0%<0.0001
 Positive26 (100.0)0 (0.0)
 Negative0 (0.0)4 (100.0)
RhD7100.00%100.0%100.0%<0.0001
 Positive26 (100.0)0 (0.0)
 Negative0 (0.0)4 (100.0)
RhD1092.30%76.2%93.3%0.001
 Positive24 (92.3)0 (0.0)
 Negative2 (7.7)4 (100.0)

Fetal genderNeonatal gender

SRYMaleFemale100%100.00%100.00%<0.0001
 Positive9 (100.0)0 (0.0)
 Negative0 (0.0)21 (100.0)