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Table 1 Research results of biomarkers with at least 4 references

From: Biomarkers for diagnosis of sepsis in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Test

Studies

Cut-off

n

TP

FP

FN

TN

AUC (95% CI)

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

PCT

59

0.96 (0.5, 1.7) ng/mla

7376

3173

847

1060

2296

0.85 [0.82, 0.88]

0.79 [0.75, 0.83]

0.78 [0.74, 0.81]

CRP

45

84 (38, 140) mg/l

5654

2356

719

1014

1565

0.77 [0.73, 0.81]

0.75 [0.69, 0.79]

0.67 [0.58, 0.74]

IL-6

22

138 (75, 220) pg/ml

3450

1376

403

625

1046

0.79 [0.75, 0.82]

0.72 [0.63, 0.80]

0.73 [0.67, 0.79]

sTREM-1

8

123 (635, 594) pg/ml

831

406

82

126

217

0.85 [0.82, 0.88]

0.78 [0.66, 0.87]

0.78 [0.65, 0.87]

Presepsin

9

600 (415, 647) pg/ml

1510

777

155

168

410

0.88 [0.85, 0.90]

0.84 [0.79, 0.88]

0.77 [0.68, 0.84]

LBP

5

30 (24.35, 32) μg/ml

1136

305

208

191

432

0.71 [0.67, 0.75]

0.62 [0.53, 0.71]

0.70 [0.59, 0.79]

CD64

4

–

558

300

13

76

169

0.96 [0.94, 0.97]

0.87 [0.75, 0.94]

0.93 [0.87, 0.96]

  1. TP true positive, FP false positive, FN false negative, TN true negative
  2. aMedian (25% percentiles, 75% percentiles)