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. 2020 Nov 11;15(11):e0241825. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241825

Table 3. Validation of VACO Index 30-day COVID-19 mortality estimates using area under the receiver operating characteristic curves.

Cohort
Development Validation, Early Validation, Late Validation, Combined
Testing Dates 3/2/2020–4/15/2020 4/16/2020–5/18/2020 5/19/2020–7/18/2020 4/16/2020–7/18/2020
N 3,681 2,151 7,491 9,642
30-day Deaths, n (%) 480 (13.0) 253 (11.8) 403 (5.4) 656 (6.8)
Model, AUC (95% CI)
    Age 0.77 (0.75–0.79) 0.80 (0.77–0.82) 0.83 (0.81–0.84) 0.82 (0.81–0.84)
    Charlson 0.73 (0.71–0.75) 0.75 (0.72–0.78) 0.78 (0.76–0.80) 0.78 (0.76–0.80)
    Index 0.79 (0.77–0.81) 0.81 (0.78–0.83) 0.84 (0.78–0.86) 0.84 (0.82–0.85)
Index Validation in Subgroups, AUC (95% CI)
    Sex
        Male n/a 0.80 (0.71–0.83) 0.83 (0.81–0.84) 0.83 (0.81–0.84)
        Female n/a 0.79 (0.58–1.00) 0.91 (0.82–0.99) 0.87 (0.76–0.97)
    Race/Ethnicity
        Black n/a 0.79 (0.74–0.82) 0.81 (0.78–0.84) 0.81 (0.79–0.84)
        Other n/a 0.81 (0.78–0.84) 0.84 (0.83–0.86) 0.85 (0.83–0.86)
    Geographic region
        Northeast & West n/a 0.81 (0.78–0.85) 0.82 (0.80–0.86) 0.84 (0.81–0.86)
        Midwest & Southeast n/a 0.79 (0.74–0.83) 0.84 (0.83–0.86) 0.83 (0.82–0.84)

Abbreviations: AUC = Area under receiver operating characteristic curse, CI = confidence interval