Table 5. Correlation between scoring systems on the first day of ICU admission (Spearman rank correlation coefficients: r).

Scores	MBRS	MELD	APACHE II	APACHE III	SOFA
Child-Pugh points	0.308**	0.436**	0.048	0.231*	0.357**
MBRS	-	0.450**	0.239**	0.375**	0.573**
MELD		-	0.141	0.372**	0.536**
APACHE II			-	0.682**	0.530**
APACHE III				-	0.693**

Abbreviation: MBRS, mean arterial pressure, bilirubin, respiratory failure and sepsis; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; APACHE, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment.

^* p<0.05;

^** p<0.01.