Table 2.

Diagnostic power of cytokine thresholds at best performance.

Predictors	Cut-point (pg/ml)	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	AUC (95% CI)
BAL IL-1β	5.355	95.2%	73.2%	0.820 (0.706–0.934)
BAL IL-6	4.345	71.4%	82.9%	0.771 (0.638–0.905)
BAL IL-17	2.52	90.5%	61.0%	0.779 (0.662–0.896)
BAL IL-1β+ IL-6+ IL-17	0.227	85.7%	58.5%	0.781 (0.662-0.899)
Plasma IL-1β	0.312	47.6%	90.2%	0.678 (0.555–0.800)
Plasma IL-6	0.266	76.2%	85.4%	0.778 (0.661–0.895)
Plasma IL-17	0.312	57.1%	85.4%	0.704 (0.581–0.828)
Plasma IL-1β+ IL-6+ IL-17	0.246	71.4%	82.9%	0.747 (0.613-0.881)