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Table 3 Comparison of AUC and Efficiency of IL-6,WBC, CRP and PCT in the Diagnosis of Postoperative Pneumonia

From: Evaluation of the significance of interleukin-6 in the diagnosis of postoperative pneumonia: a prospective study

Variable

AUC (95%CI)

Cut-off

Sensitivity

Specificity

IL-6 (pg/ml)

POD1

0.78 (0.71,0.83)

363.23

0.79

0.7

POD2

0.77 (0.71,0.82)

94.24

0.91

0.53

POD3

0.69 (0.61,0.76)

71.53

0.5

0.81

POD4

0.65 (0.57,0.72)

24.32

0.69

0.58

POD5

0.65 (0.57,0.72)

20.58

0.71

0.57

WBC (109/L)

POD1

0.45 (0.38, 0.53)

6.15

0.98

0.03

POD2

0.44 (0.36, 0.52)

23.45

0.05

0.99

POD3

0.43 (0.35, 0.50)

17.05

0.07

0.95

POD4

0.49 (0.41, 0.57)

8.85

0.44

0.62

POD5

0.48 (0.39, 0.56)

10.05

0.23

0.83

CRP (mg/L)

POD1

0.48(0.39,0.56)

62.52

0.34

0.72

POD2

0.63(0.56,0.70)

133.93

0.66

0.59

POD3

0.77(0.70,0.84)

68.18

0.94

0.56

POD4

0.69(0.62,0.75)

51.23

0.91

0.41

POD5

0.67(0.60,0.74)

49.36

0.62

0.7

PCT (ng/mL)

POD1

0.59(0.52,0.67)

3.28

0.65

0.54

POD2

0.61(0.53, 0.69)

3.3

0.62

0.6

POD3

0.68 (0.60, 0.75)

1.56

0.69

0.61

POD4

0.63 (0.55, 0.71)

0.86

0.69

0.55

POD5

0.63 (0.56, 0.70)

0.44

0.71

0.51

  1. POD: Postoperative day