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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2016 Jul;44(7):1285–1294. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001666

Table 4. Sepsis risk categories for candidate Sepsis Risk Score (SRS) and Severe Sepsis Risk Score (SSRS) models.




SEPSIS RISK SCORE (SRS) SEVERE SEPSIS RISK SCORE (SSRS)


SRS MODEL 1
(Demographics, Health Behaviors, and Chronic Medical Conditions)
SRS MODEL 2
(Add Biomarkers)
SSRS MODEL 1
(Demographics, Health Behaviors, and Chronic Medical Conditions)
SSRS MODEL 2
(Add Biomarkers)


Risk Category Points N
(%)
Events per 1,000 PY (95% CI) Points N
(%)
Events per 1,000 PY (95% CI) Points N
(%)
Events per 1,000 PY (95% CI) Points N (%) Events per 1,000 PY (95% CI)



I - Very Low 0-3 5,677
(19.2)
3.0
(2.5-3.6)
0-3 3,599
(12.1)
2.3
(1.8-3.1)
0-2 9,145
(30.8)
1.8
(1.5-2.1)
0-5 7,965 (26.8) 1.5 (1.2-1.9)
II - Low 4-6 9,045
(30.5)
5.4
(4.9-6.1)
4-6 8,130
(27.4)
4.1
(3.6-4.7)
3-4 9,122
(30.7)
5.1
(4.6-5.7)
6-9 8,323
(28.0)
3.4
(3.0-3.9)
III - Medium 7-9 7,973
(26.9)
8.6
(7.8-9.4)
7-9 7,237
(24.4)
6.5
(5.8-7.3)
5-6 6,312
(21.3)
7.4
(6.6-8.4)
10-13 6,075
(20.5)
6.7
(5.9-7.6)
IV - High 10-12 4,429
(14.9)
13.4
(12.1-14.9)
10-12 4,992
(16.8)
9.7
(8.7-10.9)
7-8 3,341
(11.3)
12.4
(10.9-14.1)
14-17 3,807

(12.8)
9.9
(8.7-11.2)
V - Very High 13-32 2,572
(8.9)
24.1
(21.6-26.9)
13-38 5,738
(19.3)
21.1
(19.5-22.8)
9-20 1,776
(6.0)
23.4
(20.4-26.7)
18-45 3,526
(11.9)
22.1
(20.0-24.4)



Total N = 29,696 participants. PY=person-years; CI= confidence interval.