Table 2 Univariate analysis for variables associated with PROC mutation(s) in infants diagnosed with neonatal-onset PC deficiency

From: Diagnostic challenge of the newborn patients with heritable protein C deficiency

 

Cut-off

Sensitivity

(%)

Specificity

(%)

PPV

(%)

NPV

(%)

AUC

(95% CI)

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

p Value

PC activity

<10%

71

92

95

60

0.82 (0.68–0.91)

30.0 (3.33–270)

<0.01

Purpura fulminans

yes

57

92

94

50

0.74 (0.61–0.85)

16.0 (1.82–140)

0.013

Manifestations

>1

54

92

94

48

0.73 (0.59–0.83)

13.9 (1.58–121)

0.017

Gestational age

>36 weeks

93

31

76

67

0.67 (0.50–0.80)

9.3 (1.47–58)

0.018

Apgar score at 5 min

>7

93

36

82

75

0.72 (0.45–0.89)

14.0 (1.06–185)

0.045

PC activity/PS activity

<0.35

87

78

87

78

0.82 (0.59–0.93)

22.7 (2.60–198)

<0.01

  1. PC protein C, PS protein S, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, AUC the area under a receiver-operating characteristic curve, CI confidence interval. p Values were obtained from logistic regression analysis