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Table 4 Agreement between the test variables with the best cut-off values.

From: A comparison of diagnostic tests for lactose malabsorption - which one is the best?

Variables

H2 +CH4x2 <18 ppm

H2 + CH4 <17 ppm

H2 < 16 ppm

s-glucose > 0.9 mmol/L

H2 + CH4 < 17 ppm

0.91 (p < 0.001)

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H2 < 16 ppm

0.81 (p < 0.001)

0.90 (p < 0.001)

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s-glucose > 0.9 mmol/L

0.44 (p = 0.001)

0.50 (p < 0.001)

0.46 (p = 0.001)

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Any symptom-ELL

0.38 (p = 0.002)

0.43 (p < 0.001)

0.41 (p < 0.001)

0.25 (p = 0.032)

  1. The results are given as kappa values with statistics (p-values) in brackets.