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. 2023 Jun 2;11(11):1629. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11111629

Table 4.

Receiver–operating characteristic (ROC) analysis for 30-day all-cause mortality in 88 patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

AUC p Youden Cut-off Sensitivity Specificity
Age [years] 0.74 (0.61, 0.87) 0.004 66 1 (0.74–1) 0.49 (0.37–0.6)
BMI [kg/m2] 0.63 (0.54, 0.72) 0.002 24.7 0.82 (0.72–0.89) 0.44 (0.33–0.56)
PESI [pts] 0.88 (0.80, 0.96) <0.001 100 1 (0.74–1) 0.7 (0.59–0.8)
D-dimer [pg/mL] 0.66 (0.57, 0.75) <0.001 3559 0.7 (0.58–0.79) 0.6 (0.48–0.71)
Troponin T [ng/mL] 0.78 (0.60, 0.95) 0.005 66 0.62 (0.24–0.91) 0.88 (0.78–0.94)
NT-proBNP [pg/mL] 0.75 (0.58, 0.92) 0.01 1120 0.89 (0.52–1) 0.62 (0.5–0.73)
RVFW basal LS [%] 0.70 (0.54, 0.86) 0.02 −14 0.58 (0.28–0.85) 0.78 (0.67–0.86)
SEP basal LS [%] 0.68 (0.49, 0.86) 0.02 −15 0.5 (0.21–0.79) 0.67 (0.55–0.77)
RVFW mid LS [%] 0.60 (0.51, 0.69) 0.01 −21 0.61 (0.5–0.72) 0.54 (0.43–0.66)
RVFW mid LS/ BSA [%/m2] 0.62 (0.54, 0.71) 0.003 −14 0.84 (0.75–0.91) 0.39 (0.28–0.51)
Act [ms] 0.67 (0.59, 0.75) <0.001 67 0.48 (0.37–0.59) 0.82 (0.72–0.9)

Abbreviations: Act—pulmonary artery acceleration time, BMI—body mass index, LS—longitudinal strain, NT-proBNP—N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide, PESI—Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index, RV—right ventricular, RVFW—right ventricular free wall, SEP—interventricular/septal, and TAPSE—tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion.