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. 2015 Apr 17;10(4):e0122929. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122929

Table 2. Admission Day Model Performance for patients with Acetaminophen-induced Acute Liver Failure.

Admission Model Variables in Model Dataset Used (Sample size) Accuracy (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) Sensitivity (95% CI) AUROC (95% CI)
KCC pH, INR, creatinine, coma grade (low/high) All Day 1 with non-missing values for all variables (N = 679) 0.692 (0.656–0.727) 0.895 (0.864–0.922) 0.272 (0.214–0.335) 0.582 (0.551–0.613)
KCC pH, INR, creatinine, coma grade (low/high) Day 1 Training Set (N = 249) 0.578 (0.514–0.640) 0.759 (0.624–0.865) 0.528 (0.456–0.600) 0.559 (0.528–0.590)
KCC pH, INR, creatinine, coma grade (low/high) Day 1 Test Set (N = 424) 0.804 (0.763–0.841) 0.870 (0.831–0.902) 0.292 (0.170–0.441) 0.585 (0.554–0.616)
KCC-CART INR, creatinine, coma grade (low/high), pH Day 1 Training Set (N = 288) 0.722 (0.667–0.773) 0.715 (0.634–0.787) 0.729 (0.649–0.800) 0.740 (0.712–0.767)
KCC-CART INR, creatinine, coma grade (low/high), pH Day 1 Test Set (N = 515) 0.658 (0.615–0.699) 0.652 (0.605–0.696) 0.670 (0.580–0.801) 0.704 (0.675–0.732)
NEW-CART MELD, MV, lactate Day 1 Training Set (N = 288) 0.750 (0.696–0.800) 0.771 (0.693–0.837) 0.729 (0.649–0.800) 0.791 (0.764–0.816)
NEW-CART MELD, MV, lactate Day 1 Test Set (N = 515) 0.718 (0.677–0.757) 0.710 (0.666–0.752) 0.767 (0.654–0.858) 0.755 (0.727–0.781)

Abbreviations

AUROC: Area under the receiver operator curve

CART: Classification and Regression Tree Analysis

CI: Confidence interval

Coma grade as defined by West Haven Criteria[21]: Low grade ~ Grade I or II, High grade ~ Grade III or IV

KCC: King’s College Criteria

KCC-CART: Classification and Regression Tree analysis using traditional King’s College Criteria Variables

INR: Internationalized Ratio; MELD: Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, MV: mechanical ventilation.

N: Number of patients in sample dataset with outcomes; 95% CI: 95% confidence intervals

NEW-CART: Classification and Regression Tree analysis using new Variables