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. 2017 Jan 5;17:2. doi: 10.1186/s12887-016-0766-8

Table 3.

Predictive power of categorical procalcitonin admission values

Procalcitonin level Severe infection (number) Non-severe infection (number) PCT LR [95% CI]
High (>2 ng/dL) 6 1 26 [3.56, 190]
Intermediate (0.5–2 ng/dL) 1 11 0.394 [0.058, 2.67]
Low (<0.5 ng/dL) 2 27 0.321 [0.093, 1.11]