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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Med Inform. 2012 Dec 28;82(5):345–358. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.11.017

Table 3.

Thresholds used for the definition of gain/no gain of information for each lab test and resulting number of tests considered relevant.

Outcome variable TL TU d Number of relevant tests
(% of total tests)
Calcium 8.4 10.2 0.5 5724 (58.74)
PTT 18 35 2 5425 (57.16)
INR 1.5 0.2 3830 (43.27)
Hematocrit 35 50 3 8745 (55.97)
Hemoglobin 12 18 1 4809 (47.87)
Fibrinogen 150 10 245 (16.17)
Lactate 0 2 0.2 2550 (51.24)
Platelets 150 10 5872 (53.58)