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. 2023 Jun 21;381:e072976. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-072976

Table 2.

Performance of the QCOVID1, QCOVID2, and QCOVID4 algorithms in men and women in validation cohort

Statistic Covid-19 related deaths Hospital admission for covid-19
Women Men Women Men
QCOVID1
R2 (%) 73.6 (71.0 to 76.1) 73.0 (70.6 to 75.4) 27.6 (24.7 to 30.5) 48.4 (45.6 to 51.2)
D statistic 3.41 (3.19 to 3.64) 3.36 (3.16 to 3.57) 1.26 (1.17 to 1.36) 1.98 (1.87 to 2.09)
Harrell’s C 0.945 (0.928 to 0.963) 0.948 (0.933 to 0.963) 0.684 (0.669 to 0.7) 0.798 (0.781 to 0.814)
Calibration slope* NA NA NA NA
QCOVID2
R2 (%) 75.4 (73.1 to 77.7) 74.1 (71.8 to 76.4) 67.4 (64.1 to 70.7) 68.2 (65.2 to 71.2)
D statistic 3.58 (3.36 to 3.81) 3.46 (3.25 to 3.67) 2.94 (2.72 to 3.16) 3.00 (2.79 to 3.21)
Harrell’s C 0.968 (0.959 to 0.978) 0.959 (0.946 to 0.971) 0.939 (0.930 to 0.948) 0.932 (0.918 to 0.945)
Calibration slope NA NA NA NA
QCOVID4
R2 (%) 76.6 (74.4 to 78.8) 76.0 (73.9 to 78.2) 73.9 (71.5 to 76.3) 74.4 (72.1 to 76.6)
D statistic 3.70 (3.48 to 3.93) 3.65 (3.43 to 3.86) 3.44 (3.23 to 3.66) 3.49 (3.28 to 3.69)
Harrell’s C 0.965 (0.951 to 0.978) 0.970 (0.962 to 0.979) 0.965 (0.956 to 0.973) 0.970 (0.963 to 0.977)
Calibration slope 1.01 (0.93 to 1.09) 1.00 (0.936 to 1.07) 0.996 (0.956 to 1.04) 1.01 (0.972 to 1.06)

Values are mean (95% confidence interval). NA=not applicable.

*

Calibration not assessed because QCOVID1 and QCOVID2 were based on the whole population rather than restricted to the subset with a positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 infection.