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Table 1 Diagnostic performance of the 13C-UBT and 14C-UBT

From: A re-testing range is recommended for 13C- and 14C-urea breath tests for Helicobacter pylori infection in China

Method

Histology

Sens (%)

Spec (%)

Acc (%)

FPR (%)

FNR (%)

 

 + 

95%CI

95%CI

95%CI

95%CI

95%CI

13C-UBT

 + 

136

28

95.1

62.2

83.9

37.8

4.9

7

46

89.8–97.8

50.1–73.0

78.4–88.2

27.0–49.9

2.2–10.2

14C-UBT

 + 

186

34

96.9

54.7

85

45.3

3.1

6

41

93.0–98.7

42.8–66.1

80.2–88.8

33.9–57.2

1.3–7.0

  1. UBT urea breath test, Sens sensitivity, Spec specificit, Acc accurac, FPR false positive rat, FNR false negative rat, CI confidence interval