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. 2014 Apr 23;12:66. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-66

Table 4.

Comparison of different prediction scales on short-term mortality on patients with eCOPD

Outcome
N
Short-term mortality
P value*
AUC
95% CI
P value**
    Yes No        
DeCOPD score mean (sd)
2484
9.03 (4.27)
3.07 (3.4)
≤0.0001
0.85
0.79 to 0.90
Refa
DeCOPD score (categorical)
2484
 
 
≤0.0001
0.84
0.79 to 0.89
0.38
Risk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mild
1081
3 (0.28)
1078 (99.72)
 
 
 
 
Moderate
865
11 (1.27)
854 (98.73)
 
 
 
 
Severe
441
20 (4.54)
421 (95.46)
 
 
 
 
Very severe
97
24 (24.74)
73 (75.26)
 
 
 
 
GOLD FEV1%
2069
 
 
0.0133
0.62
0.56 to 0.69
<0.0001
FEV1% ≥80
76
0 (0.0)
76 (100)
 
 
 
 
50 ≤ FEV1% <80
643
6 (0.93)
637 (99.07)
 
 
 
 
30 ≤ FEV1% <50
959
28 (2.92)
931 (97.08)
 
 
 
 
FEV1% ≤30
391
13 (3.32)
378 (96.68)
 
 
 
 
GOLD COPD combined assessment
2090
 
 
<0.002
0.71
0.67 to 0.75
<0.0001
Low risk, low symptom burden
286
1 (0.35)
285 (99.65)
 
 
 
 
Low risk, higher symptom burden
335
4 (1.19)
331 (98.81)
 
 
 
 
High risk, low symptom burden
351
0 (0.00)
351 (100)
 
 
 
 
High risk, higher symptom burden
1118
46 (4.11)
1072 (95.89)
 
 
 
 
HADO score
1887
 
 
0.0002
0.68
0.63 to 0.72
<0.0001
Mild (<4)
188
0
188 (100)
 
 
 
 
Moderate (5 to 7)
604
3 (0.50)
601 (99.50)
 
 
 
 
Severe (>8)
1095
33 (3.01)
1062 (96.99)
 
 
 
 
ADO index (0 to 14) mean (sd) 2067 11.36 (1.71) 9.29 (2.19) ≤0.0001 0.78 0.71 to 0.84 0.05

Abbreviations: ADO age, baseline dyspnea, and airflow obstruction; AUC, area under the curve; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DeCOPD, Death in exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ED, emergency department; FEV, forced expiratory volume; GOLD, Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease; HADO, health, activity, dyspnea, and airflow obstruction; LTHOT; long-term home oxygen therapy; MRC, Medical Research Council; NIMV, non-invasive mechanical ventilation; PCO2 carbon dioxide partial pressure; PO2, oxygen partial pressure.

aReference value.

*p-value of the relationship of each parameter with short-term mortality.

**p-value or the comparison of areas under Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves with respect to the AUC of the DECOPD continuous scale.