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Table 4 Diagnostic value of AST2/ALT to identify severe dengue based on AST & ALT upon admission

From: Evaluation of creatine kinase and liver enzymes in identification of severe dengue

Cutoff

Sensitivity % (95% CI)

Specificity% (95% CI)

PPV (95% CI)

NPV (95% CI)

Diagnostic accuracy (95% CI)

LR+ (95% CI)

LR– (95% CI)

> 98.1

95.5 (77.2 - 99.9)

40.5 (35.3 - 45.9)

9.3 (6.2 - 13.9)

99.3 (96.1 - 99.9)

43.8 (38.8 - 49.0)

1.6 (1.6 - 1.6)

0.1 (0.02 - 0.8)

> 402.5

59.1 (36.4 - 79.3)

92.4 (89.1 - 95.0)

33.3 (20.6 - 49.0)

97.2 (94.8 - 98.5)

90.4 (87.0 - 93.0)

7.8 (6.5 - 9.3)

0.4 (0.4 - 0.6)

> 653.2

40.9 (20.7 - 63.7)

97.4 (95.1 - 98.8)

50.0 (29.0 - 71.0)

96.3 (93.7 - 97.8)

94.0 (91.0 - 96.0)

15.6 (9.2 - 26.6)

0.6 (0.5 - 0.7)

> 1193

31.8 (13.9 - 54.9)

99.4 (97.9 - 99.9)

77.8 (45.3 - 93.7)

95.8 (93.2 - 97.4)

95.3 (92.7 - 97.1)

54.6 (11.2 - 264.9)

0.7 (0.6 - 0.8)

  1. AST aspartate transaminase, ALT alanine transaminase, CI confidence interval, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, LR+ positive likelihood ratio, LR– negative likelihood ratio