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Table 3 The diagnostic performance of a single indicator for TBPE

From: A scoring model for diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion

 

Sensitivity

Specificity

PPV

NPV

Accuracy

Age ≤ 46.5 years

0.556

0.887

0.833

0.663

0.72

Male

0.73

0.597

0.648

0.685

0.664

No cancer

0.984

0.694

0.765

0.977

0.84

Fever

0.524

0.871

0.805

0.643

0.696

Unilateral PE

0.984

0.129

0.534

0.889

0.56

Positive T-SPOT

0.937

0.774

0.808

0.923

0.856

ESR ≥ 27.5 mm/h

0.762

0.468

0.593

0.659

0.616

CRP ≥ 52.8 mg/L

0.651

0.806

0.774

0.694

0.728

L% ≥ 91.5%

0.603

0.661

0.644

0.621

0.632

ADA ≥ 24.5 U/L

0.937

0.919

0.922

0.934

0.928

  1. PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value, PE Pleural effusion, T-SPOT T-cell spot, ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein, L% Lymphocyte ratio, ADA Adenosine deaminase
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