Area under receiver operating curve for prediction of in-hospital mortality
| MRCD | eMRCD | CURB-65 | |
| Total | 0.769 (0.73–0.81) | 0.794 (0.75–0.84)* † | 0.717 (0.66–0.77) |
| npAECOPD | 0.809 (0.75–0.87) | 0.833 (0.77–0.90) | 0.719 (0.63–0.81) |
| pAECOPD | 0.740 (0.68–0.80) | 0.759 (0.70–0.82)† | 0.661 (0.58–0.74) |
↵* Significant difference compared with MRCD, p<0.01.
↵† Significant difference compared with CURB-65, p<0.05.
eMRCD, extended Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale; MRCD, Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale; npAECOPD, non-pneumonic acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; pAECOPD, pneumonic acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.