TableĀ 3

Comparison of AUROC curves for DECAF and other scores (with imputation)

Prognostic scoreAUROC curve (95% CI)
Inhospital death
Comparison with DECAF, p valueAUROC curve (95% CI)
30-day death
Comparison with DECAF, p value
DECAF0.82 (0.79 to 0.85)N/A0.79 (0.75 to 0.83)N/A
CURB-650.76 (0.72 to 0.80)0.00570.73 (0.69 to 0.77)0.0051
CAPS0.77 (0.73 to 0.81)0.0380.73 (0.69 to 0.77)0.0083
APACHE II0.78 (0.74 to 0.82)0.0830.72 (0.68 to 0.77)0.0039
BAP-650.77 (0.73 to 0.81)0.0380.72 (0.68 to 0.76)0.0021
  • AUROC curves of each prognostic score compared with DECAF by method of DeLong.22

  • AUROC, area under the receiver operator characteristic.