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Table 3 Cut-off values, NPV, PPV, sensitivity and specificity of predictors

From: Serum concentrations of proinflammatory biomarker interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a predictor of postoperative complications after elective colorectal surgery

Positive class for ROC analysis

Predictor cutoff (POD)

AUC (95% CI)

p-value

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

NPV (%)

PPV (%)

Clavien‒Dindo > 3a

IL-6 (1st) ≥ 113.0

0.768 (0.619; 0.918)

0.002

75.0

78.6

96.4

29.0

IL-6 (3rd) ≥ 180.5

0.859 (0.699; 1.000)

 < 0.001

72.7

99.0

97.0

88.9

CRP (3rd) ≥ 113.8

0.844 (0.721; 0.968)

 < 0.001

90.0

78.9

98.2

37.5

Clavien‒Dindo > 2

IL-6 (1st) ≥ 113.0

0.713 (0.558; 0.867)

0.010

64.3

78.2

94.0

29.0

IL-6 (3rd) ≥ 34

0.808 (0.684; 0.933)

 < 0.001

84.6

77.1

97.4

33.3

CRP (3rd) ≥ 113.8

0.844 (0.721; 0.968)

 < 0.001

90.0

78.9

98.2

37.5

ICU > 5 days

IL-6 (1st) ≥ 89.3

0.733 (0.627; 0.838)

 < 0.001

69.7

76.8

86.3

54.8

IL-6 (3rd) ≥ 25.0

0.761 (0.660; 0.862)

 < 0.001

78.1

74.0

89.1

55.6

CRP (3rd) ≥ 109.0

0.796 (0.682; 0.910)

 < 0.001

70.4

88.9

85.7

76.0

Hospital stay > 10 days

IL-6 (1st) ≥ 89.3

0.726 (0.617; 0.836)

 < 0.001

70.0

75.3

87.7

50.0

IL-6 (3rd) ≥ 60.9

0.740 (0.619; 0.861)

 < 0.001

51.7

96.3

84.6

83.3

CRP (3rd) ≥ 146.0

0.740 (0.605; 0.874)

 < 0.001

56.5

91.4

84.1

72.2

ATB treatment

IL-6 (1st) ≥ 104.0

0.750 (0.633; 0.866)

 < 0.001

70.8

79.1

91.1

47.2

IL-6 (3rd) ≥ 34.2

0.782 (0.668; 0.897)

 < 0.001

73.9

82.6

92.2

53.1

CRP (3rd) ≥ 113.8

0.801 (0.679; 0.924)

 < 0.001

75.0

85.2

91.2

62.5

Inflammatory complication

IL-6 (1st) ≥ 136.5

0.729 (0.610; 0.848)

 < 0.001

55.2

90.7

85.7

66.7

IL-6 (3rd) ≥ 34.0

0.753 (0.640; 0.865)

 < 0.001

67.9

82.7

88.2

57.6

CRP (3rd) ≥ 113.8

0.827 (0.714; 0.940)

 < 0.001

77.3

88.1

91.2

70.8

  1. POD postoperative day, AUC area under the curve, CI confidence interval, NPV negative predictive value, PPV positive predictive value, ICU intensive care unit, ATB antibiotics. Continuous variables are described by median (minimum–maximum). Cut-off values for IL-6 serum levels are measured in pg/ml and CRP in mg/l. Parentheses include minimum and maximum values