Research Article
High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein: A Potential Ancillary Biomarker for Malaria Diagnosis and Morbidity
Table 2
Diagnostic performance of CRP in relation to the degree of parasitaemia.
| | Parasitaemia | hs-CRP (mg/L) cutoff | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | PPV | NPV | TP | TN | FP | FN | Accuracy | AUC (95% CI) |
| | Low | 3.1176 | 96.4 (80.5-100.0) | 79.3 (69.5-86.5) | 60.0 | 98.6 | 27 | 69 | 18 | 1 | 0.8348 | 0.93 (0.86-0.99) | | Moderate | 4.5398 | 80.9 (69.4-88.8) | 91.9 (83.9-96.2) | 87.9 | 86.9 | 51 | 80 | 7 | 12 | 0.8733 | 0.89 (0.84-0.95) | | High | 4.6418 | 97.4 (90.2-99.8) | 93.1 (85.4-97.0) | 92.5 | 97.6 | 74 | 81 | 6 | 2 | 0.9509 | 0.99 (0.99-0.99) |
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