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Table 2 Diagnostic specificity of the in-house N-protein based ELISA

From: Sensitive and specific serological ELISA for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infections

Sample group

Number

Negative

Borderline

Positive

Specificity (%)

SARS-CoV-2 [–]

1500

1482

8

10

99.3

COPD

276

273

0

3

98.9

Non-smokers

684

676

5

3

99.6

Light smokers

457

451

2

4

99.1

Heavy smokers

359

355

1

3

99.2

Male

710

699

4

7

99.0

Female

789

782

4

3

99.6

Normal weight

495

489

4

2

99.6

Pre-obesity

550

543

4

3

99.5

Obesity grade I

238

237

0

1

99.6

Obesity grade II

116

113

0

3

97.4

Obesity grade III

100

99

0

1

99.0

  1. Subgroups are partially overlapping. Specificity was calculated as (“Negative” + “Borderline”)/“Total number”