Skip to main content
. 2023 Aug 14;41(10):2751–2757. doi: 10.1007/s00345-023-04552-3

Table 3.

Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses and diagnostic performance of the evaluated scoring systems to predict in-hospital mortality in patients with Fournier gangrene

Scoring system Cutoff score AUROC 95% CI p value Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV
FGSI  > 9 0.905 0.860–0.950  < 0.001 1.0 0.81 0.65 1.0
UFGSI  ≥ 9 0.788 0.714–0.862  < 0.001 0.91 0.67 0.49 0.95
SFGSI  > 2 0.642 0.540–0.743 0.006 0.47 0.82 0.48 0.81
NFS  > II 0.823 0.739–0.906  < 0.001 0.74 0.90 0.73 0.91
LRINEC  ≥ 6 0.635 0.543–0.737 0.006 0.63 0.65 0.39 0.83
aCCI  ≥ 4 0.721 0.644–0.816  < 0.001 0.79 0.67 0.46 0.90
SOFA  ≥ 4 0.830 0.815–0.921  < 0.001 1.0 0.74 0.57 1.0
qSOFA  ≥ 2 0.709 0.628–0.790  < 0.001 0.93 0.49 0.39 0.95
APACHE II  ≥ 13 0.756 0.666–0.860  < 0.001 0.56 0.97 0.86 0.86
SAS  ≤ 4 0.500 0.399–0.601 1.000 1.0 0.0 0.26

95% CI 95% confidence interval; aCCI age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index; APACHE II acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II; AUROC area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; FGSI Fournier gangrene severity index; LRINEC laboratory risk indicator for necrotizing fasciitis; NFS NUMUNE Fournier score; NPV negative predictive value; PPV positive predictive value; qSOFA quick SOFA; SAS surgery APGAR score; SE standard error; SFGSI simplified FGSI; SOFA sequential organ failure assessment; UFGSI Uludag FGSI