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Volume 13, Issue 6 , Pages e444-e449 , November 2009

The use of receiver operating characteristics analysis in determining erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein levels in diagnosing periprosthetic infection prior to revision total hip arthroplasty

Received 25 June 2008 ,Revised 8 February 2009 ,Accepted 27 February 2009.

Receiver operating-characteristic curves for (a) erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and (b) C-reactive protein (CRP). The area under the curve for ESR was 0.943 (95% CI 0.917–0.968) and for CRP was

Receiver operating-characteristic curves for (a) erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and (b) C-reactive protein (CRP). The area under the curve for ESR was 0.943 (95% CI 0.917–0.968) and for CRP was 0.941 (95% CI 0.912–0.970).
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