Research Article

Caspase-1-Dependent Pyroptosis of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Is Associated with the Severity and Mortality of Septic Patients

Table 3

Areas under the ROC curves for predicting 28-day mortality in septic patients.

ParameterAUCSensitivity (%)Specificity (%)95% CI

PBMC pyroptosis0.7977.7870.000.68-0.90<0.01
SOFA score0.6550.0073.640.51-0.790.04
APACHE II score0.6576.4746.850.51-0.780.05
PCT0.6887.5056.250.55-0.810.02
IL-60.7575.0066.960.66-0.83<0.01

PBMCs: peripheral blood mononuclear cells; SOFA: sequential organ failure assessment; APACHE: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; PCT: procalcitonin; IL: interleukin; AUC: area under the curve; CI: confidence interval.