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Table 5 Sensitivity and specificity for model cut-off scores compared with peripheral malaria by real-time PCR or microscopy

From: Interleukin-10 and soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor II are potential biomarkers of Plasmodium falciparum infections in pregnant women: a case-control study from Nanoro, Burkina Faso

 

Sensitivity%

95% CI

Specificity%

95% CI

Primigravidae

 Model >0

100

66.4

100

54.2

34.9

72.3

 Model >1

88.9

45.7

98.7

83.3

57.1

94.9

 Model >2

77.8

44.5

93.9

100

85.8

100

Secundigravidae

 Model >0

90.9

51.1

99.0

63.6

30.4

87.5

 Model >1

81.8

48.8

95.5

100

71.5

100

 Model >2

54.5

20.1

85.2

100

71.5

100

Multigravidae

 Model >0

82.6

60.2

93.7

56.6

44.7

67.8

 Model >1

56.5

41.7

70.2

94.3

86.3

97.8

 Model >2

17.3

7.4

35.7

98.1

89.3

99.7

  1. Model > 0: score 0 = negative, score > 0 = positive; Model > 1: score 0/1 = negative, score > 1 = positive; Model > 2: score 0–2 = negative, score > 2 = positive