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Table 5 Diagnostic performance of biomarkers including median of five timepoints (T1 = day 1, T2 = day 2, T3 = day 3, T4 = day 5, T5 = day 7) in distinguishing survival from no survival in paediatric patients observed

From: Accuracy of Pancreatic Stone Protein for diagnosis of sepsis in children admitted to pediatric intensive care or high-dependency care: a pilot study

Marker

AUC 95%CI

Cut-off

Sensitivity

95%CI

Specificity

95%CI

PPV

95%CI

NPV

95%CI

LR + 

95%CI

PSP Median value

0.814

(0.584–1.000)

421

0.833 (0.359, 0.996)

0.853 (0.689, 0.950)

0.500 (0.187, 0.813)

0.967 (0.828, 0.999)

5.667 (2.339, 13.731)

PCR

Median value

0.657

(0.355–0.958)

15.1

0.500 (0.118, 0.882)

0.882 (0.725, 0.967)

0.429 (0.099, 0.816)

0.909 (0.757, 0.981)

4.250 (1.255, 14.391)

PCT

Median value

0.814 (0.633–0.994)

14.4

0.667 (0.223, 0.957)

0.853 (0.689, 0.950)

0.444 (0.137, 0.788)

0.935 (0.786, 0.992)

4.533 (1.688, 12.171)

  1. PSP Pancreatic Stone Protein, C-RP C reactive protein, PCT procalcitonin, AUC Area Under the Curve, CI confidence interval, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, LR + positive likelihood ratio