Evaluating the Use of Serum Inflammatory Markers for Preoperative Diagnosis of Infection in Patients with Nonunions

Table 3

Predicted probability of cumulative use of all tests.

Number of positive tests under consideration	Number of patients	Predicted probability of infection (%)
4	4 (9.5%)	100%
3	6 (14.3%)	100%
2	11 (26.2%)	90.9%
1	12 (28.6%)	66.7%
0	9 (21.4%)	77.8%

The predictors include WBC, IL-6, CRP, and ESR level.