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

Table 7

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

PCT	Sensitivity	Specificity	PPV	NPV
0.10 ng/mL	41.9%	75.0%	61.9%	57.1%
0.25 ng/mL	22.6%	81.2%	53.8%	52.0%
0.50 ng/mL	19.3%	84.4%	54.5%	51.9%
1.00 ng/mL	3.2%	93.7%	33.3%	50.0%