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Table 3 Summary of diagnostic accuracy parameters for meta-analysis

From: Diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin for overall and complicated acute appendicitis in children: a meta-analysis

 

No. of studies

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Positive likelihood ratio

Negative likelihood ratio

Diagnostic OR

Area under ROC curve

PCT for AA

7

62(57,66)

86(82,89)

5.33(1.79,15.84)

0.29(0.15,0.58)

21.4(3.64,126.1)

0.955

PCT for CA

4

89(84,93)

90(86,94)

7.68(3.66,16.14)

0.12(0.05,0.27)

76.7(21.6, 272.9)

0.956

PCT for Asia people

3

90(84,94)

91(84,96)

9.57(5.21,17.55)

0.10(0.04,0.23)

89.0 (36.7,215.9)

0.963

PCT for non-Asia people

4

44(38,50)

84(80,88)

3.35(0.80,14.1)

0.60(0.36,0.99)

6.21(0.77,50.2)

0.899

  1. Abbreviations: PCT procalcitonin, AA acute appendicitis, CA complicated appendicitis