TABLE 4.

Analysis of diagnostic efficacy of various indexes in the diagnosis of sepsis

	Cut‐off	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	PPV (%)	NPV (%)
ApoC3	≤54.532 μg/ml	43.24 (27.5–60.4)	79.25 (65.5–88.7)	59.26(39.0–77.0)	66.67(53.6–77.7)
B2M	>3.7 mg/L	70.27 (52.8–83.6)	58.49 (44.2–71.6)	54.17(39.3–68.4)	73.81(57.7–85.6)
VCAM1	>2216.8 ng/ml	37.84 (22.9–55.2)	90.57 (78.6–96.5)	73.68(48.6–89.9)	67.61(55.3–78.0)
ApoE	>62.45 mg/L	37.84 (22.9–55.2)	86.79 (74.0–94.1)	66.67(43.1–84.5)	66.67(54.2–77.3)
PCT	>1.04 ng/ml	72.97 (55.6–85.6)	73.58(59.4–84.3)	65.85(49.3–79.4)	79.59(65.2–89.3)
CRP	>115.59 mg/L	67.57 (50.1–81.4)	71.70(57.4–82.8)	62.50(45.8–76.8)	76.00(61.5–86.5)

Abbreviations: NPV, Negative predictive value; PPV, Positive predictive value.