Table 3. Comparison among areas under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for variables on day 1 of severe sepsis, n = 67.

	Area Under ROC Curve
	MODS (95% C.I.)	Mortality (95% C.I.)
EVLWI>10 ml/kg	0.866 (0.778–0.954)	0.881 (0.801–0.960)
SOFA score	0.848 (0.760–0.937)	0.730 (0.608–0.851)
APACHE II score	0.747 (0.628–0.866)	0.818 (0.713–0.923)
Lung injury score	0.692 (0.566–0.818)	0.740 (0.619–0.862)
Prior 24 hrs fluid balance	0.729 (0.608–0.850)	0.725 (0.604–0.846)

Definitions of abbreviation: MODS =  multiple organs dysfunction syndrome; C.I. =  confidence interval; EVLWI =  extravascular lung water index; SOFA =  Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score; APACHE =  acute physiology and chronic health evaluation.