Significance of Heparin-Binding Protein and D-dimers in the Early Diagnosis of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Table 3

The sensitivities, specificities, positive predictive values (PPV), and negative predictive values (NPV) for D-dimers as a marker of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

D-dimer cutoff	Sensitivity	Specificity	PPV	NPV
≥1000 ng/mL	96.8%	18.7%	53.6%	85.7%
≥1250 ng/mL	96.8%	25.0%	55.6%	88.9%
≥1500 ng/mL	96.8%	40.6%	61.2%	92.9%
≥1750 ng/mL	83.9%	50.0%	61.9%	76.2%
≥2000 ng/mL	71.0%	53.1%	59.5%	65.4%