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Table 2 Qualitative Diagnostic Characteristics of Methanol Content of Suspected Beverages Using Modified CA Method and Gold Standard Gas Chromatography (n = 1221, p < 0.001)

From: Evaluation of methanol content of illegal beverages using GC and an easier modified Chromotropic acid method; a cross sectional study

  

Gold standard

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

PPV (95% CI)

NPV (95% CI)

Accuracy (95% CI)

Prevalence (95% CI)

Test Results

 

positive

negative

positive

128

32

100

(97.16–100)

97.07

(95.89–97.99)

80

(73.98–84.91)

100

(100)

97.38

(96.32–98.2)

10.48

(8.82–12.34)

negative

0

1061

 

Safe drink

positive

123

37

100

(97.05–100)

96.63

(95.38–97.62)

76.88

(70.78–82.02)

100

(100)

97.86

(95.85–98.2)

10.07

(8.44–11.09)

negative

0

1061