Table 7.

Predictive (%) bronchoalveolar lavage fluid levels (pg/ml) of the measured cytokines and adhesion molecules for surviving in patients of all groups (n = 65)

	Criterion	PPV	NPV	Sensitivity	Specificity	95% CI
IL-1	385	67	65	56	74	0.42–0,70
TNF-α	172	56	60	60	56	0.37–0.66
sICAM-1	660	58	100	100	33	0.47–0.75
sVCAM-1	312	60	68	72	56	0.48–0.75

PPV = positive predictive value; NPV = negative predictive value; CI = confidence interval; IL-1 = interleukin-1; TNF-α = tumour necrosis factor-alpha; sICAM-1 = serumintercellular adhesion molecule-1; sVCAM = serum vascular adhesion molecule