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. 2021 Apr 21;9(4):e25066. doi: 10.2196/25066

Table 5.

Comparison of PICTURE and the EDI in patients testing positive for COVID-19.

Granularity and analytic AUROCa (95% CI) P value (AUROC) AUPRCb (95% CI) P value (AUPRC) Event rate (%)
Observation 3.20

PICTUREc 0.849 (0.820-0.878)
  • vs EDId: <.001

  • vs NEWSe: <.001

0.173 (0.116-0.211)
  • vs EDI: .002

  • vs NEWS: <.001



EDI 0.803 (0.772-0.838)
  • vs NEWS: <.001

0.131 (0.087-0.163)
  • vs NEWS: .002



NEWS 0.746 (0.708-0.783)
  • N/Af

0.098 (0.066-0.122)
  • N/A


Encounter (n=607) 20.6

PICTURE 0.895 (0.868-0.928)
  • vs EDI: <.001

  • vs NEWS: <.001

0.665 (0.590-0.743)
  • vs EDI: <.001

  • vs NEWS: <.001



EDI 0.802 (0.762-0.848)
  • vs NEWS: .05

0.510 (0.438-0.588)
  • vs NEWS: .02



NEWS 0.773 (0.732-0.818)
  • N/A

0.441 (0.364-0.510)
  • N/A


aAUROC: area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.

bAUPRC: area under the precision-recall curve.

cPICTURE: Predicting Intensive Care Transfers and Other Unforeseen Events.

dEDI: Epic Deterioration Index.

eNEWS: National Early Warning Score.

fN/A: not applicable.