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Table 2 Predictive characteristics of admission markers for intensive care unit mortality

From: C-reactive protein concentration as a risk predictor of mortality in intensive care unit: a multicenter, prospective, observational study

Markers

Univariate Analysis

Multivariate Analysis

Cutoff

AUC (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

P value

Cutoff

AUC (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

P value

APACHEII score

20

0.816 (0.777–0.854)

1.174 (1.139–1.210)

< 0.0001

0.168a

0.823 (0.785–0.861)

1.163 (1.127–1.199)

< 0.0001

CRP (mg/L)

62.83

0.684 (0.633–0.735)

1.008 (1.006–1.011)

0.0037

2.145 (1.343–3.427)

0.003

PCT (μg/L)

0.33

0.696 (0.650–0.743)

1.010 (1.003–1.018)

0.0039

   

0.045

WBC (×109/L)

16.23

0.568 (0.509–0.628)

1.013 (0.993–1.033)

0.1977

   

0.124

  1. APACHEII Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, AUC Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, CRP C-reactive Protein, OR odds ratio, PCT Procalcitonin, WBC White blood cell count
  2. a Cutoff point of the marker panels were the predicted probabilities corresponding to the best Youden’s index generated from the multiple logistic regression model
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BMC Anesthesiology

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