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Table 7 Predictive (%) bronchoalveolar lavage fluid levels (pg/ml) of the measured cytokines and adhesion molecules for surviving in patients of all groups (n = 65)

From: The predictive role of serum and bronchoalveolar lavage cytokines and adhesion molecules for acute respiratory distress syndrome development and outcome

 

Criterion

PPV

NPV

Sensitivity

Specificity

95% CI

IL-1

385

67

65

56

74

0.42–0,70

TNF-α

172

56

60

60

56

0.37–0.66

sICAM-1

660

58

100

100

33

0.47–0.75

sVCAM-1

312

60

68

72

56

0.48–0.75

  1. PPV = positive predictive value; NPV = negative predictive value; CI = confidence interval; IL-1 = interleukin-1; TNF-α = tumour necrosis factor-alpha; sICAM-1 = serumintercellular adhesion molecule-1; sVCAM = serum vascular adhesion molecule
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Respiratory Research

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