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. 2016 Aug 10;12(4):2215–2219. doi: 10.3892/etm.2016.3583

Table III.

Comparison of performance characteristics of individual markers and a marker combination in predicting sepsis.

Markers Cut off Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Accuracy (%) PPV (%) NPV (%) Youden's index (%)
PCT 0.37 91.70 69.50 80.60 75.00 89.34 61.20
CRP 126.25 53.30 79.70 66.50 72.40 63.10 33.00
RDW 13.45 73.30 49.20 61.20 59.10 64.80 22.50
PDW 13.35 38.30 84.70 61.50 71.50 57.90 23.10
NLCR 9.37 81.10 62.70 71.92 68.51 76.87 43.80
Combination 80.00 62.70 71.40 68.20 75.80 42.70

PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value; PCT, procalcitonin (ng/ml); CRP, C-reactive protein (mg/l); RDW, red blood cell distribution width (%); PDW, platelet distribution width (%); NLCR, neutrophil-lymphocyte count ratio (%); combination, RDW + PDW + NLCR.