Table 2. Patient demographics and clinical characteristics.
Numbers of cases (%) | Development set (set 1; n = 656) | External validation set (set 2; n = 217) | ||||
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DIC (n = 228) |
Non-DIC (n = 428) |
P value | DIC (n = 80) |
Non-DIC (n = 137) |
P value | |
Age, years | 60.8 ± 16.6 | 58.1 ± 17.5 | .053 | 62.7 ± 15.9 | 64.2 ± 16.5 | .228 |
Gender, male | 119 (52.2) | 225 (52.6) | .992 | 49 (61.3) | 71 (51.8) | .530 |
Currently in ICU | 155 (68.0) | 171 (40.0) | < .001 | 59 (73.8) | 59 (43.1) | < .001 |
APACHE II score ± SD * | 30.2 ± 10.7 | 24.3 ± 9.8 | < .001 | 25.3 ± 9.7 | 16.2 ± 6.7 | < .001 |
Mortality (28-days) | 146 (64.0) | 77 (18.0) | < .001 | 53 (66.2) | 12 (8.8) | < .001 |
On anticoagulation therapy | 2 (0.9) | 32 (7.5) | .001 | 2 (2.5) | 5 (3.6) | .949 |
Thrombosis | 12 (5.3) | 46 (10.7) | .027 | 4 (5.0) | 9 (6.6) | .862 |
Bleeding | 60 (26.3) | 85 (19.9) | .072 | 22 (27.5) | 12 (8.8) | .001 |
Organ failure | 116 (50.9) | 58 (13.6) | < .001 | 39 (48.8) | 15 (10.9) | < .001 |
SIRS score ≥ 3 | 176 (77.2) | 146 (34.1) | < .001 | 66 (82.5) | 53 (38.7) | < .001 |
Associated conditions with DIC | ||||||
Sepsis/Infection | 161 (70.6) | 140 (32.7) | < .001 | 58 (72.5) | 47 (34.3) | < .001 |
Tissue damage | 28 (12.3) | 51 (11.9) | .991 | 23 (28.7) | 33 (24.1) | .551 |
Post major surgery | 34 (14.9) | 133 (31.1) | < .001 | 13 (16.2) | 46 (33.6) | .009 |
Hematologic malignancy | 26 (11.4) | 35 (8.2) | .225 | 7 (8.8) | 5 (3.6) | .201 |
Solid cancer | 87 (38.2) | 82 (19.2) | < .001 | 20 (25.0) | 17 (12.4) | .028 |
Hepatic failure | 34 (14.9) | 17 (4.0) | < .001 | 13 (16.2) | 4 (2.9) | .001 |
Obstetric complications | 4 (1.8) | 21 (4.9) | .073 | 1 (1.2) | 3 (2.2) | > .999 |
Vascular abnormalities | 4 (1.8) | 18 (4.2) | .152 | 11 (13.8) | 31 (22.6) | .156 |
Immunologic insult | 4 (1.8) | 22 (5.1) | .057 | 9 (11.2) | 5 (3.6) | .056 |
* The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score was calculated only if a patient was admitted to ICU.