Table 3. Sensitivity and specificity of unstimulated pleural fluid cytokine levels.
parameter | sensitivity | specificity | AUC | cut-off (pg/mL) |
IFN-γ | 81 | 91 | 0.88 | >1171 |
Eotaxin | 73 | 89 | 0.74 | <102 |
IL-10 | 100 | 64 | 0.81 | >17 |
IL-13 | 78 | 82 | 0.82 | >19 |
IL-6 | 93 | 64 | 0.79 | >23254 |
IP-10 | 85 | 82 | 0.84 | >36695 |
IP-10+IL-6+ IL-10 | 92 | 91 | 0.96 | not applicable |