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Table 7 Predictive BALF and serum levels (pg/ml) for surviving patients of all groups (n = 59)

From: The clinical significance of serum and bronchoalveolar lavage inflammatory cytokines in patients at risk for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

	Criterion	PPV	NPV	Sensitivity	Specificity	95 % CI
BALF
IL-6	299	68	70	68	70	0.57–0.83
IL-6r	101	65	63	52	74	0.52–0.79
IL-8	481	96	90	88	96	0.85–0.99
Serum
IL-4	84	81	100	100	78	0.77–0.96
IL-6	160	69	94	96	59	0.69–0.92
IL-6r	18	76	78	76	78	0.66–0.89
IL-8	2340	92	96	96	93	0.90–0.99
IL-10	98	96	93	92	96	0.84–0.99

PPV: positive predictive value, NPV: negative predictive value, CI: confidence interval.

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