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Table 3 Predicting the presence of tuberculosis (TB) by biomarkers

From: Apoptosis-associated biomarkers in tuberculosis: promising for diagnosis and prognosis prediction

Conditions

No. of matched subjects

TB patients

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive predictive value

Negative predictive value

All

59

51

51%

92%

86%

65%

Any two

127

99

99%

72%

78%

99%

Anyone

140

99

99%

59%

71%

98%

  1. The three clinical factors included were Decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) >1.14 ng/mL, prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) >0.35 ng/mL, and lipoxin <1.82 ng /mL.