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. 2014 Sep 29;9(9):e108540. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108540

Table 2. Validation of Gompertz-Predicted Median Life Expectancy by Risk Points.

HRS Development Cohort HRS Validation Cohort ELSA Validation Cohort
PointScore Gompertz-Predicted Median Life Expectancy,in years (95% CI), [50% PI] Observed MedianSurvival, in years Observed MedianSurvival, in years Observed MedianSurvival, in years
0 35.4 (31.0–39.8) [28.5–42.5] >10* >10* >8*
1 33.1 (29.9–36.2) [23.7–37.5] >10* >10* >8*
2 30.1 (28.1–32.0) [22.0–35.6] >10* >10* >8*
3 23.7 (22.4–24.9) [16.5–29.6] >10* >10* >8*
4 21.1 (20.0–22.1) [14.1–26.7] >10* >10* >8*
5 17.7 (16.8–18.5) [11.2–23.0] >10* >10* >8*
6 14.3 (13.7–15.0) [8.4–19.2] >10* >10* >8*
7 12.6 (12.0–13.2) [7.0–17.2] >10* >10* >8*
8 10.3 (9.7–10.9) [5.6–14.9] 9.9 10.0 >8*
9 8.8 (8.2–9.3) [4.8–13.3] 8.3 8.9 >8*
10 7.3 (6.7–7.8) [3.8–11.4] 6.8 7.2 >8*
11 5.9 (5.3–6.4) [2.9–9.3] 5.4 5.0 7.4
12 5.3 (4.7–5.8) [2.6–8.8] 4.6 5.1 6.7
13 4.8 (4.1–5.4) [2.2–7.6] 4.0 3.8 6.5
≥14 3.4 (3.0–3.8) [1.7–6.2] 3.1 2.9 4.2
Harrell’s c-statistic 0.790 0.779 0.801

*Follow-up for HRS is limited to 10 years while the follow-up for ELSA is limited to 8 years.

CI is confidence interval.

PI is prediction interval.