Automated Measurement of Immature Granulocytes: Performance Characteristics and Utility in Routine Clinical Practice

Table 2

Data Characteristics of different parameters in culture positive and negative groups.

	Culture negative (𝑛=75)					Culture positive (𝑛=27)
	Mean	95% CI	SD	Min	Max	Mean	95% CI	SD	Min	Max
Adults (𝑛=102)
WBC	8.75	7.62–9.88	4.91	1.4	23.1	14.83	10.67–19	10.52	2.7	39.9
ANC	5.69	4.78–6.61	3.99	0.76	18.32	10.55	6.98−14.12	9.02	0.5	34.33
IGC	0.17	0.058–0.28	0.49	0.01	3.35	0.70	0.19–1.22	1.3	0.02	6.51
IG%	1.58	0.83–2.34	3.29	0.02	25.8	4.86	1.55–8.17	8.38	0.2	38
IGC/WBC%	1.5	0.85–2.1	2.7	0.2	20.6	4.2	1.7–6.2	6.25	0.26	27.4
IGC/ANC%	2.5	1.3–3.6	5.0	0.32	3.9	10	0.91–21.6	28.45	0.59	148
Children (𝑛=98)
WBC	11.27	9.68–12.85	6.84	1.7	44.9	15.81	10.73−20.89	12.03	3.3	53.8
ANC	4.89	4.10–5.69	3.43	0.17	14.94	7.09	3.89–10.29	7.59	0.68	28.4
IGC	0.17	0.11–0.23	0.25	0.01	1.4	0.53	0.07–0.99	1.08	0.02	4.95
IG%	1.32	1.07–1.58	1.09	0.2	6	2.35	0.47–4.22	4.45	0.5	22.7
IGC/WBC%	1.33	1.08–1.58	1.07	0.13	5.65	2.25	0.73–3.77	3.61	0.39	18.5
IGC/ANC%	3.86	2.85–4.88	4.38	0.25	2.35	11.5	−3.68–26.6	35.85	1.15	179.3
WBC, ANC, and IGC in ×10^3/cu·mm