Table 9 Results of receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis for PCT and CRP for discrimination among etiologies
From: Inflammatory response in mixed viral-bacterial community-acquired pneumonia
PCT | AUC | 95% CI | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
Bacterial-involved (bacterial and mixed) vs viral | 0.640 | 0.557-0.723 | p = 0.002 |
Bacterial vs viral | 0.621 | 0.522-0.720 | p = 0.02 |
Mixed vs viral | 0.651 | 0.544-0.758 | p = 0.007 |
CRP | AUC | 95% CI | Significance |
Bacterial-involved (bacterial and mixed) vs viral | 0.579 | 0.494-0.665 | NS |
Mixed vs bacterial | 0.626 | 0.514-0.738 | p = 0.027 |
Mixed vs viral | 0.657 | 0.546-0.768 | p = 0.005 |
Mixed vs overall bacterial and viral | 0.642 | 0.537-0.747 | p = 0.004 |