Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2012 Aug;31(8):803–807. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31825691e4

TABLE 2.

Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristics Curve for Various Complete Blood Cell Count Indices by Day of Life and Gestational Age

All DOL 4–7 DOL 8–30 DOL >30 GA <34 weeks GA 34–36 weeks GA >36 weeks
WBC count <15,000/mm3 0.550 0.533 0.578 0.568 0.551 0.540 0.545
WBC count >15,000/mm3 0.525 0.487 0.535 0.540 0.523 0.512 0.513
ANC 0.534 0.503 0.536 0.537 0.529 0.551 0.545
I/T ratio 0.606 0.656 0.598 0.588 0.599 0.628 0.594
Platelet count 0.606 0.592 0.614 0.638 0.616 0.577 0.484

DOL indicates day of life; GA, gestational age; WBC, white blood cell; ANC, absolute neutrophil count; I/T, immature-to-total neutrophils.