Research Article

Elevated Serum Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Is Associated with Septic Encephalopathy in Adult Community-Onset Severe Sepsis Patients

Table 4

AUC for biomarkers in diagnosing septic encephalopathy by ROC curve analysis.

AUC95% confidence interval value

CRP0.5610.416–0.7050.423
Procalcitonin0.6160.479–0.7520.130
Lactate0.6470.494–0.8000.052
sVCAM-10.7600.638–0.881 0.001*
sICAM-10.6640.532–0.795 0.031*
sE-selectin0.5930.452–0.7340.219

AUC: area under the curve; CRP: C-reactive protein; sVCAM-1: soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1; sE-selectin: soluble E-selectin; sICAM-1: soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1; ROC: receiver operating characteristic.
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