Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Infective Endocarditis: A Case-Control Retrospective Study

Table 2

The ROC and AUC data of NLR, NEU, and LYM in predicting the occurrence and outcome of IE patients.

Groups	Markers	AUC	SD	value	95% CI		Cut-off	Sensitivity	Specificity	1-specificity
					Lower	Upper
Total IE vs. normal	NLR	0.817	0.012	<0.001	0.794	0.839	2.681	0.690	0.880	0.120
	NEU	0.66	0.015	<0.001	0.631	0.689	6.425	0.476	0.976	0.024
	LYM	0.27	0.012	<0.001	0.247	0.293	5.107	0.019	0.988	0.012
Outcome good vs. bad	NLR	0.647	0.027	<0.001	0.594	0.701	5.557	0.390	0.853	0.147
	NEU	0.625	0.028	<0.001	0.570	0.681	8.095	0.525	0.721	0.279
	LYM	0.449	0.029	0.06	0.391	0.506	4.315	0.057	0.974	0.026

NLR: neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; NEU: neutrophils; LYM: lymphocytes; AUC: the area under the ROC curve; SD: standard deviation; IE: infective endocarditis.