Table 3.

Area-under-curve (AUC) values of BEA score and risk categories compared to other clinical scores

	N	AUC
BEA score	59	0.880
BEA risk categories	59	0.818
MELD score	53	0.852
MELD risk categories*	53	0.688
Child–Pugh score	48	0.723
APRI score	69	0.828
AST/ALT	70	0.607

N, number; AUC, area under curve.

MELD risk categories were defined attending to the 3-month mortality risk: <9 = 1.9%, 10–19 = 6.0%, 20–29 = 19.6%.