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Table 2 Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves of eosinophil, total white cell, neutrophil count, CRP, and qSOFA as potential markers of bloodstream infection identified through univariate analysis

From: Eosinopenia as a diagnostic marker of bloodstream infection in a general internal medicine setting: a cohort study

Variable

Cut-off value

AUROC (95% CI)

P value*

Eosinophil count

<  24.4 cells/mm3

0.648 (0.547–0.748)0.648 (0.557–0.743)**

0.007

White cell count

>  10,950 cells/mm3

0.597 (0.472–0.723)

0.185

Neutrophil count

>  9033 cells/mm3

0.638 (0.519–0.758)

0.040

CRP, mg/l

>  4.89 mg/dl

0.699 (0.597–0.802)

0.001

qSOFA

 

0.502 (0.433–0.572)

0.952

Chills

 

0.556 (0.458–0.655)

0.211

  1. AUROC Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve
  2. CI confidence interval, CRP C-reactive protein
  3. QSOFA Quick Sequential (Sepsis-Related) Organ Failure Assessment
  4. *P values by chi-squared, Mann-Whitney U test, or Fisher’s exact test
  5. **Bootstrapping method (1000 bootstrap replicates)
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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