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. 2009 Nov;4(11):1818–1826. doi: 10.2215/CJN.00640109

Table 5.

Comparison of various comorbidity measures

Parameter Comorbidity Alone
With Demographics
With Demographics, Laboratory/Clinical Parameters, and Physical Impairments
ROC (95% CI) R2 ROC (95% CI) R2 ROC (95% CI) R2
DOPPS comorbidity short lista 0.67 (0.66 to 0.69) 0.10 0.70 (0.69 to 0.71) 0.14 0.73 (0.72 to 0.74) 0.18
CCI scoreb 0.62 (0.61 to 0.63) 0.06 0.67 (0.66 to 0.68) 0.11 0.72 (0.71 to 0.73) 0.17
Individual items on the CCI 0.65 (0.64 to 0.66) 0.08 0.69 (0.67 to 0.70) 0.12 0.73 (0.71 to 0.74) 0.17
Form 2728 checklist 0.65 (0.64 to 0.66) 0.08 0.68 (0.67 to 0.69) 0.12 0.72 (0.71 to 0.73) 0.17
a

Includes items in the multivariable model, shown in Table 2.

b

Scored as described in reference (3).