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Table 2 Results of sensitivity analysis and subgroup analysis

From: Predictive values of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio on disease severity and mortality in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Categories

No. of

studies

Sensitivity

(95% CI)/I2

Specificity

(95% CI) /I2

AUC

(95% CI)

DOR

(95% CI)

PLR/NLR

Disease severity

      

Cut-off ≥ 4.5

6

0.74(0.66,0.80)/25.56

0.86(0.81,0.89)/36.40

0.86(0.83,0.89)

17(10,28)

5.1/0.31

Cut-off < 4.5

7

0.82(0.71,0.89)/82.74

0.72(0.66,0.78)/79.70

0.82(0.78,0.85)

12(7,19)

3.0/0.25

Published in English

8

0.74(0.63,0.83)/73.82

0.78(0.71,0.84)/81.99

0.83(0.80,0.86)

10(7,16)

3.4/0.33

Mortality

      

Cut-off ≥ 6.5

5

0.83(0.66,0.92)/84.97

0.87(0.77,0.93)/92.60

0.92(0.89,0.94)

32(17,61)

6.3/0.20

Cut-off < 6.5

5

0.81(0.72,0.87)/0

0.77(0.64,0.86)/89.07

0.84(0.80,0.87)

14(7,27)

3.5/0.25

Published in English

6

0.83(0.69,0.91)/79.98

0.82(0.71,0.90)/89.87

0.90(0.87,0.92)

23(12,41)

4.7/0.21

  1. AUC area under curve, PLR positive likelihood ratio, NLR negative likelihood ratio, DOR diagnostic odds ratio, CI credible interval