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Table 4 Comparison of diagnostic performance by AUC among different markers or combined

From: Combination of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, platelet to lymphocyte ratio with plasma D-dimer level to improve the diagnosis of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) following ankle fracture

Pairwise comparisons

Absolute difference in AUC

Z statistic

P

D-dimer versus D-dimer + NLR

0.044

1.959

0.050

D-dimer versus D-dimer + PLR

0.051

2.285

0.022

D-dimer versus D-dimer + NLR + PLR

0.069

2.938

0.003

D-dimer + NLR versus D-dimer + NLR + PLR

0.024

2.235

0.025

D-dimer + PLR versus D-dimer + NLR + PLR

0.018

2.013

0.044

D-dimer + NLR versus D-dimer + PLR

0.007

0.378

0.705

  1. PLR—platelet to lymphocyte rate, NLR—neutrophil to lymphocyte rate, AUC—area under the curve
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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