Creating symptom-based criteria for diagnostic testing: a case study based on a multivariate analysis of data collected during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand

Table.1 Proportion of cases and not cases with each combination of symptoms

	Symptom combination
Status	A\|Z\|C\|B\|T	A\|D\|H\|M\|W	G\|A\|V\|P\|J
% confirmed cases with symptoms (N)—i.e. sensitivity	92.2% (1037)	77.2% (868)	39.3% (442)
% not a case without symptoms (N)—i.e. specificity	8.0% (380)	67.4% (3203)	92.9% (4415)
% not a case with symptoms (N)—i.e. false + ves	92.0% (4370)	32.6% (1547)	7.1% (335)
Total number recommended for PCR	5407	2415	777
Number cases not recommended for PCR	88	257	683

Here sensitivity and specificity are calculated using ‘status’ as a quasi-gold standard

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