Research Article

Salivary Interleukin-6 and C-Reactive Protein/Mean Platelet Volume Ratio in the Diagnosis of Late-Onset Neonatal Pneumonia

Table 4

Diagnostic performance of the tested marker combination for detection of late-onset neonatal pneumonia.

ParameterAUC95% CISensitivity (%)Specificity (%)PPV (%)NPV (%)

Salivary IL-6+ MPV0.9510.921-0.98182.8694.2993.5584.62
Salivary IL-6+ CRP/MPV1.01.0-1.0100100100100
Serum IL-6+ MPV0.9520.928-0.97682.8694.2993.5584.62
Serum IL-6+ CRP/MPV1.01.0-1.0100100100100

IL-6: interleukin-6; MPV: mean platelet volume; CRP: C-reactive protein.