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Table 3 Comparison of the specificity of CRP, ESR, D-Dimer in diagnosis of PJI among patients from three different groups

From: The serum level of D-Dimer is not suitable for distinguishing between prosthetic joint infection and aseptic loosening

 

True negative

False positive

Specificity

CRP (> 10 mg/L)

65

5

0.93

ESR (> 30 mm/h)

61

9

0.87

D-Dimer (> 0.85 μg/L)

56

14

0.80

  1. F = 5.027, P = 0.081. There are no statistically significant differences when compared specificity of CRP, ESR, D-Dimer in diagnosis of PJI among patients from three different groups
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X