Table 2.
Variable | Variable importance measurea |
---|---|
Length of PICU stay until onset of non-infectious SIRS/sepsis | 0.031 |
Interleukin-6 | 0.017 |
Platelet count | 0.010 |
Procalcitonin | 0.008 |
Cumulative sepsis or non-infectious SIRS episodes (n) | 0.007 |
Core temperature | 0.005 |
C-reactive protein | 0.005 |
Central venous catheter | 0.004 |
aVariable importance measures are a proxy for the importance of the variable for correct outcome prediction, but have not the same meaning as classic influence measures based on distributional statistics (like effect sizes (e.g. Odds Ratios) or p values)