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Table 3 Test evaluation of baseline concentration of IL-6 > 24 pg/mL for predicting the development of hypoxemia requiring oxygen therapy during follow up after excluding patients admitted to hospital during initial triage

From: Role of interleukin 6 as a predictive factor for a severe course of Covid-19: retrospective data analysis of patients from a long-term care facility during Covid-19 outbreak

Statistic

Value

95% confidence interval

Sensitivity

100.00%

69.15–100.00%

Specificity

88.89%

70.84–97.65%

Disease prevalence

27.03%

13.79–44.12%

PPV

76.92%

53.42–90.64%

NPV

100.00%

Non available

Accuracy

91.89%

78.09–98.30%

  1. 95% CI 95% confidence interval, NPV negative predictive value, PPV positive predictive value