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. 2017 Feb 13;7:42253. doi: 10.1038/srep42253

Table 2. Comparison of AUROC to predict 3-month, 6-month and 1-year post-transplant mortality between MELD and other formulas in different etiologies.

  HBV (n = 4,436) HCV (n = 509) Alcohol (n = 314)
AUROC (95% CI) P * AUROC (95% CI) P * AUROC (95% CI) P *
3- month
 MELD 0.704 (0.669–0.742)   0.665 (0.554–0.775)   0.635 (0.473–0.796)  
 uMELD 0.704 (0.667–0.740) 0.729 0.659 (0.541–0.776) 0.718 0.646 (0.469–0.822) 0.912
 MELD-Na 0.700 (0.663–0.737) 0.207 0.654 (0.539–0.770) 0.718 0.643 (0.504–0.783) 0.912
 iMELD 0.679 (0.642–0.717) 0.004 0.649 (0.528–0.770) 0.718 0.629 (0.493–0.766) 0.912
 UKELD 0.647 (0.606–0.687) <0.001 0.607 (0.478–0.735) 0.516 0.610 (0.471–0.747) 0.912
 MELD-AS 0.701 (0.665–0.738) 0.636 0.622 (0.501–0.744) 0.620 0.630 (0.480–0.779) 0.912
 CTP 0.630 (0.592–0.668) <0.001 0.621 (0.505–0.738) 0.718 0.599 (0.412–0.786) 0.912
 mCTP 0.646 (0.608–0.684) <0.001 0.607 (0.488–0.726) 0.718 0.622 (0.441–0.803) 0.912
6- month
 MELD 0.690 (0.655–0.726)   0.641 (0.532–0.751)   0.603 (0.441–0.792)  
 uMELD 0.688 (0.653–0.724) 0.720 0.641 (0.527–0.756) 0.998 0.621 (0.449–0.792) 0.975
 MELD-Na 0.685 (0.649–0.720) 0.210 0.627 (0.511–0.742) 0.998 0.611 (0.466–0.755) 0.975
 iMELD 0.665 (0.630–0.701) 0.024 0.628 (0.512–0.745) 0.998 0.595 (0.454–0.738) 0.975
 UKELD 0.638 (0.600–0.676) <0.001 0.587 (0.463–0.710) 0.476 0.593 (0.460–0.726) 0.975
 MELD-AS 0.686 (0.651–0.721) 0.646 0.600 (0.485–0.715) 0.636 0.602 (0.453–0.752) 0.975
 CTP 0.622 (0.586–0.658) <0.001 0.606 (0.499–0.714) 0.998 0.588 (0.412–0.764) 0.975
 mCTP 0.639 (0.603–0.674) <0.001 0.614 (0.506–0.722) 0.998 0.639 (0.467–0.810) 0.975
1- year
 MELD 0.679 (0.644–0.714)   0.640 (0.534–0.745)   0.590 (0.43645–0.7)  
 uMELD 0.676 (0.641–0.711) 0.630 0.635 (0.525–0.745) 0.812 0.603 (0.438–0.767) 1.000
 MELD-Na 0.675 (0.640–0.710) 0.519 0.623 (0.513–0.734) 0.804 0.593 (0.453–0.733) 1.000
 iMELD 0.660 (0.625–0.695) 0.104 0.632 (0.523–0.732) 0.812 0.573 (0.433–0.713) 1.000
 UKELD 0.631 (0.594–0.669) <0.001 0.577 (0.460–0.693) 0.330 0.553 (0.409–0.698) 1.000
 MELD-AS 0.677 (0.642–0.712) 0.630 0.593 (0.480–0.706) 0.330 0.591 (0.448–0.733) 1.000
 CTP 0.611 (0.575–0.646) <0.001 0.604 (0.502–0.706) 0.812 0.555 (0.378–0.731) 1.000
 mCTP 0.627 (0.591–0.662) <0.001 0.599 (0.491–0.707) 0.812 0.605 (0.432–0.777) 1.000

*: vs. MELD

Comparison of AUROCs was adjusted by Hommel correction.

AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; UKELD, United Kingdom MELD; MELD-Na, MELD-sodium; iMELD, integrated MELD; CTP, Child-Turcotte-Pugh; uMELD, updated MELD; mCTP, modified Child-Turcotte-Pugh.