Table 3 Summary statistics of Procalcitonin for diagnosis of sepsis in neonatal age according the age of onset, and cut-off used in the studies
Onset | Summary statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cut-off | Early | Early/Late | Late | |
<2 | Boo 2008 (0.5) Naher 2011 (0.5) Zahedpasha 2009 (0.5) Adib 2012 (1.15) | Lopez Sastre 2006 (0.59) Vazzalwar 2004 (1) | SE = 0.84 (0.75; 0.90) SP = 0.51 (0.37; 0.65) | |
2-2.5 | Resch 2003 (2) Guibourdenche 2002 (2.5) | Boo 2008 (2) Zahedpasha 2009 (2) Groselj-Grenc 2009 (2.28) Sakha 2008 (2.5) Koskenuovo 2003 (2) Schlapbach 2013 (2) | SE = 0.85 (0.76; 0.90) SP = 0.54 (0.38; 0.70) | |
>2.5 | Bender 2008 (5.75) Resch 2003 (6) Bonac 2000 (9.98) | Boo 2008 (10) Groselj-Grenc 2009 (5.55) Zahedpasha 2009 (10) | SE = 0.68 (0.52; 0.80) SP = 0.85 (0.70; 0.93) |