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Table 6 Predictive (%) serum levels (pg/ml) for surviving 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

306

91

86

84

93

0.75–0.95

TNF-α

334

68

68

60

74

0.51–0.78

sICAM-1

300

91

86

84

93

0.80–0.97

sVCAM-1

270

96

90

88

96

0.87–0.99

  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