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. 2023 Oct 20;23:400. doi: 10.1186/s12890-023-02700-4

Table 2.

Summary statistics of sensitivity and specificity according to quantile group

Quantile 1 Quantile 2 Quantile 3 Quantile 4 Quantile 5
WBC 1.3–5.9 5.9–7.3 7.3–8.92 8.92–11.7 11.7–222.7
Sensitivity 74.1 [71.64‒76.1] 71.73 [69.39‒74.06] 91.95 [89.9‒93.64] 59.01 [55.04‒62.5] 33.33 [26.09‒40]
Specificity 92.29 [91.63‒92.93] 93.32 [92.73‒93.9] 95.88 [95.46‒96.34] 97.9 [97.56‒98.21] 98.76 [98.46‒98.97]
CRP 0.1–0.48 0.48–1.81 1.81–5.13 5.13–11.89 11.89–60.61
Sensitivity 55.97 [51.94‒60.29] 87.91 [85.39‒90.14] 83 [80.95‒85.06] 71.34 [68.82‒73.68] 45.41 [41.74‒48.89]
Specificity 95.7 [95.22‒96.15] 93.79 [93.25‒94.34] 97.1 [96.66‒97.5] 95.06 [94.56‒95.56] 98.79 [98.56‒99.01]
LD 62–174 174–206 206–244 244–309 309–5591
Sensitivity 83.2 [81.05‒85.04] 65.49 [62.5‒68.13] 81.1 [79.07‒83.15] 67.01 [63.28‒70.51] 60 [55.56‒64.52]
Specificity 96.66 [96.23‒97.05] 95.13 [94.63‒95.62] 95.73 [95.27‒96.19] 98.14 [97.84‒98.45] 92.26 [91.69‒92.83]
Age 18–55 55–64 64–71 71–77 77–98
Sensitivity 71.96 [69.64‒74.14] 74.14 [70.18‒77.97] 60.27 [56.05‒64.41] 64.95 [61.61‒68.22] 77.32 [74.49‒80.24]
Specificity 94.52 [94‒95.02] 96.25 [95.8‒96.68] 96.89 [96.47‒97.25] 96.49 [96.08‒96.89] 95.6 [95.13‒96.06]

The statistics are summarised as the median and inter-quantile range.