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Table 3 Subgroup analyses

From: Meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy of neutrophil CD64 for neonatal sepsis

Subgroup

Studies

Sensitivity (95 %)

Specificity (95 %)

PLR (95 %)

NLR (95 %)

SDOR (95 %)

AUC

Q*

All

21

0.77 (0.74, 0.79)

0.74 (0.72, 0.75)

3.58 (2.85, 4.49)

0.29 (0.22, 0.37)

15.18 (9.75, 23.62)

0.8666

0.7972

Infection

        

Proven

7

0.82 (0.75, 0.87)

0.74 (0.71, 0.77)

4.14 (2.56, 6.68)

0.17 (0.06, 0.52)

30.58 (9.75, 95.88)

0.9136

0.8461

Clinical

5

0.74 (0.70, 0.77)

0.66 (0.62, 0.69)

2.19 (1.72, 2.79)

0.39 (0.25, 0.62)

6.98 (3.68, 13.24)

0.8245

0.7576

Clinical or Proven

9

0.78 (0.75, 0.81)

0.79 (0.77, 0.82)

3.93 (2.81, 5.49)

0.27 (0.21, 0.36)

15.41 (8.76, 27.09)

0.8661

0.7967

Type of sepsis

        

Early-onset

7

0.75 (0.72, 0.78)

0.74 (0.72, 0.76)

3.57 (2.49, 5.11)

0.31 (0.23, 0.42)

12.40 (6.40, 24.00)

0.8415

0.7732

Late-onset

6

0.79 (0.75, 0.82)

0.71 (0.68, 0.74)

3.42 (2.11, 5.55)

0.24 (0.14, 0.41)

18.86 (6.82, 52.16)

0.9262

0.8606

Early & late-onset

8

0.78 (0.72, 0.84)

0.79 (0.74, 0.84)

3.65 (2.93, 4.57)

0.26 (0.11, 0.59)

20.43 (12.31, 33.91)

0.8835

0.8140

Infants

        

Preterm

8

0.74 (0.71, 0.77)

0.69 (0.67, 0.71)

2.76 (2.16, 3.54)

0.37 (0.30, 0.47)

7.83 (4.84, 12.68)

0.8088

0.7436

Term

2

0.80 (0.74, 0.85)

0.85 (0.82, 0.88)

5.75 (3.08, 10.72)

0.24 (0.18, 0.31)

24.07 (13.17, 44.01)

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Preterm + term

11

0.81 (0.76, 0.84)

0.81 (0.78, 0.84)

3.88 (3.04, 4.97)

0.21 (0.11, 0.41)

22.84 (12.94, 40.29)

0.8853

0.8159