Research Article
Pleural Fluid Cholesterol in Differentiating Exudative and Transudative Pleural Effusion
Table 1
Diagnostic comparison of PF parameters with clinical diagnosis.
| | Parameters | Sensitivity | Specificity | PPV | NPV | value |
| | Protein ratio | 81.4% | 82.6% | 89.7% | 70.4% | <0.0001 | | LDH ratio | 86% | 94.7% | 97.4% | 75% | <0.0001 | | pfLDH | 100% | 57.8% | 84.3% | 100% | <0.0001 | | pCHOL | 97.7% | 100% | 100% | 95% | <0.0001 |
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