Table 1 Sensitivity of a "high" concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP) as indicator of bacteraemia by gender, species, and age
From: Is the concentration of C-reactive protein in bacteraemia associated with age?
Sex | Species | Age group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | S. pneumoniae | E. coli | 16–64 | 65–84 | ≥ 85 | ||
Cut-off (CRP) 40 mg/L | Sensitivity (%) | 90.2 | 88.2 | 92.6 | 88.0 | 90.4 | 88.5 | 90.5 |
95% CI | 87.6 – 92.8 | 85.0 – 91.4 | 89.4 – 95.8 | 85.5 – 90.5 | 86.6 – 93.4 | 85.5 – 91.5 | 85.8 – 95.2 | |
p-value | 0.339 | 0.046 | 0.714 | |||||
Cut-off (CRP) 80 mg/L | Sensitivity (%) | 81.4 | 75.6 | 89.1 | 74.8 | 82.0 | 75.6 | 82.3 |
95% CI | 78.0 – 84.8 | 71.3 – 79.9 | 84.8 – 93.4 | 71.4 – 78.2 | 77.7 – 86.3 | 71.6 – 79.6 | 76.1 – 88.5 | |
p-value | 0.037 | < 0.01 | 0.060 | |||||
Cut-off (CRP) 120 mg/L | Sensitivity (%) | 69.7 | 64.6 | 82.4 | 61.5 | 71.7 | 64.8 | 67.3 |
95% CI | 65.7 – 73.7 | 59.9 – 69.3 | 77.7 – 87.1 | 57.7 – 65.3 | 66.7 – 76.8 | 60.4 – 69.2 | 59.7 – 74.9 | |
p-value | 0.106 | < 0.01 | 0.145 | |||||