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Table 7 Predictive values of single and combined variables for positive Covid tests in asymptomatic patients (n = 171)

From: The role of hematological parameters in asymptomatic and non-severe cases of Omicron variant infection

Characteristic variables

AUC

Cut off values*

Sensitivity(%)

Specificity(%)

PPV(%)

NPV(%)

Accuracy(%)

 + LR

-LR

Variable P

Single variable

 Lym

0.667

 ≤ 1.22

40.74

87.30

84.61

46.22

57.89

3.21

0.68

 < 0.001

 MO

0.601

 > 0.51

36.11

82.54

78.00

42.97

53.22

2.07

0.77

 < 0.050

 MO (%)

0.708

 > 6.70

52.78

84.13

85.08

50.96

64.33

3.33

0.56

 < 0.001

 PLR

0.627

 > 183.85

37.96

85.71

82.00

44.62

55.56

2.66

0.72

 < 0.010

Combined variables

 Lym + MO

0.687

 > 0.6465

57.41

79.37

82.7

52.1

65.50

2.78

0.54

 > 0.05*

 PLR + MO

0.671

 > 0.6190

53.70

74.60

78.40

48.50

61.40

2.11

0.62

 > 0.05*

 Lym + MO%

0.733

 > 0.6742

57.41

87.30

85.6

54.5

68.42

4.52

0.49

 > 0.05*

 PLR + MO%

0.740

 ≤ 0.6738

57.41

85.71

87.3

54.0

67.84

4.02

0.50

 < 0.01#

  1. The cutoff values were selected by Youden Index
  2. Lym Lymphocytes, MO Monocytes, PLR platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, AUC area under the curve, PPV positive predictive values, NPV negative predictive values, + LR positive likelihood ratios, -LR negative likelihood ratios
  3. *compared with the AUC of each corresponding single variable
  4. #compared with the AUC of PLR