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Table 1 Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit test for POSSUM for 30-day mortality

From: An evaluation of POSSUM and P-POSSUM scoring in predicting post-operative mortality in a level 1 critical care setting

Deciles of risk (%)

Number of patients

Number of observed deaths

Number of expected deaths

Mean risk of predicted mortality

O:E (95% CI)

X2HL statistic

0-10

1501

15

71.96

0.05

0.21 (0.12 – 0.36)

47.36

10-20

514

19

72.88

0.14

0.26 (0.16 – 0.43)

46.42

20-30

216

16

52.36

0.24

0.31 (0.17 – 0.53)

33.33

30-40

133

9

45.64

0.34

0.20 (0.10 – 0.40)

44.78

40-50

66

6

29.38

0.45

0.20 (0.09 – 0.49)

33.54

50-60

51

8

27.61

0.54

0.29 (0.14 – 0.64)

30.37

60-70

34

5

21.84

0.64

0.23 (0.09 – 0.61)

36.29

70-80

22

7

16.40

0.75

0.43 (0.18 – 1.04)

21.26

80-90

12

2

10.00

0.83

0.20 (0.05 – 0.81)

38.40

90-100

3

1

2.87

0.96

0.35 (0.07 – 3.82)

27.08

0-100

2552

88

350.94

 

0.25 (0.20 – 0.32)

358.73

  1. X2HL statistic =358.73; df =8; p <0.0001.