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. 2021 Jul 19;50(2):359–370. doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01656-z

Table 3.

Performance of SACOV-19 and single variables removing patients with missing values

Balanced accuracy Sensitivity Specificity Odds ratio 95% CI
Lower Upper
Performance of the score at different thresholds for the validation set
 SACOV-19 ≥ 5 0.66 0.58 0.74 4.04 1.97 8.32
 SACOV-19 ≥ 4 0.73 0.83 0.62 8.13 3.45 19.11
 SACOV-19 ≥ 3 0.65 0.92 0.38 6.77 2.26 20.27
Performance of single binary variables
 Oxygen saturation < 96%a 0.63 0.53 0.73 3.07 2.34 4.04
 Age > 65 years 0.62 0.60 0.65 2.75 2.16 3.51
 CRP > 29 mg/L 0.62 0.53 0.70 2.67 2.04 3.49
 LDH > ULN 0.61 0.65 0.57 2.40 1.80 3.21
 Temperature > 37.3 °C 0.60 0.68 0.53 2.37 1.83 3.08
 Urine total protein positive 0.60 0.57 0.63 2.27 1.44 3.60
 Hypertension 0.59 0.54 0.64 2.13 1.68 2.72
 IL6 > 199 ng/L 0.59 0.29 0.90 3.48 1.88 6.45
 Lymphocyte counts < 800/µL 0.59 0.47 0.71 2.17 1.59 2.94
 D-dimer > ULN 0.59 0.70 0.47 2.08 1.41 3.08
 Creatinine > ULN b 0.58 0.34 0.81 2.22 1.64 2.99
 BMI > 24.9 kg/m2 0.57 0.64 0.51 1.84 1.34 2.53
 Urea > ULN 0.57 0.29 0.86 2.40 1.70 3.40
 Ferritin > 299 ng/mL 0.57 0.65 0.49 1.77 1.15 2.72
 Urine ketone bodies positive 0.57 0.32 0.82 2.10 1.26 3.49
 PaO2 < 80 mmHg 0.57 0.46 0.67 1.76 0.92 3.35
 AST > ULN 0.56 0.35 0.78 1.89 1.37 2.59
 Respiratory rate > 21 per min 0.56 0.29 0.84 2.09 1.43 3.05
 Use of ACE/AT1 0.56 0.40 0.72 1.74 1.36 2.25
 Hemoglobin < 12 g/dL 0.56 0.37 0.75 1.78 1.34 2.35

ULN upper limit of normal 6/29/2021 10:54:00 AM

aVariables highlighted in bold are part of the minimal predictor and SACOV-19

bVariables highlighted in italic are part of the minimal predictor but not of SACOV-19