Skip to main content
. 2021 Jul 26;9(7):e23401. doi: 10.2196/23401

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of data sets.

Characteristics Development Internal validation External validation (MIMIC-IIIa)

Case (n=3060) Control (n=6529) Case (n=756) Control (n=2064) Case (n=272) Control (n=1789)
Age (years), mean (SD) 65.4 (14.4) 61.1 (13.3) 65.3 (14.7) 59.7 (14.0) 82.5 (59.7) 73.7 (52.3)
Sex (male), n (%) 1994 (65.2) 4227 (64.7) 466 (61.6) 1190 (57.7) 137 (50.4) 925 (51.7)
Admission category, n (%)

Medical 1431 (46.8) 1639 (25.1) 293 (38.8) 344 (16.7) 151 (55.5) 1,141(63.8)

Surgical 1629 (53.2) 4890 (74.9) 1,720 (83.3) 463 (61.2) 121 (44.5) 648(36.2)
Reason for ICUb admission, n (%)

Respiratory 692 (22.6) 374 (5.7) 166 (22.0) 71 (3.4) 34 (12.5) 247 (13.8)

Cardiovascular 480 (15.7) 1166(17.9) 105 (13.9) 283 (13.7) 73 (26.8) 561 (31.4)

Gastrointestinal 145 (4.7) 139 (2.1) 28 (3.7) 25 (1.2) 55 (20.2) 379 (21.2)

Neurology 102 (3.3) 115 (1.8) 46 (6.1) 174 (8.4) 57 (21.0) 270 (15.1)

Peri-operation 1168 (38.2) 4278 (65.5) 320 (42.3) 1448 (70.2) 14 (5.1) 81 (4.5)

Nephrology 83 (2.7) 78 (1.2) 17 (2.2) 17 (0.8) 4 (1.5) 54 (3.0)

Metabolic 15 (0.5) 6 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 5 (1.8) 85 (4.8)

Hematology 15 (0.5) 22 (0.3) 4 (0.5) 6 (0.3) 5 (1.8) 33 (1.8)

Trauma 10 (0.3) 10 (0.2) 2 (0.3) 0 (0.0) 25 (9.2) 79 (4.4)

Others 350 (11.4) 341 (5.2) 67 (8.9) 40 (1.9)
Initial SOFAc, mean (SD) 7.1 (3.6) 3.2 (2.7) 7.0 (3.7) 2.8 (2.5) 5.4 (3.3) 3.1 (2.4)
Vasopressord, n (%) 1,145 (37.4) 793 (12.1) 292 (38.6) 175 (8.5) 38 (14.0) 71 (4.0)
Invasive mechanical ventilator, n (%) 1,900 (62.1) 1,165 (17.8) 456 (60.3) 344 (16.7) 19 (7.0) 73 (4.1)
CCIe, mean (SD) 0.9 (2.2) 0.3 (1.3) 1.1 (2.5) 0.4 (1.4) 3.2 (1.8) 2.8 (1.8)
Comorbidity, n (%)

Heart disease 149 (4.9) 123 (1.9) 17 (2.2) 20 (1.0) 33 (12.1) 232 (13.0)

Stroke 98 (3.2) 33 (0.5) 29 (3.8) 24 (1.2) 16 (5.9) 57 (3.2)

Malignancy 434 (14.2) 319 (4.9) 80 (10.6) 60 (2.9) 5 (1.8) 12 (0.7)

Renal failure 71 (2.3) 99 (1.5) 16 (2.1) 26 (1.3) 17 (12.1) 106 (12.7)

Liver disease 146 (4.8) 92 (1.4) 23 (3.0) 15 (0.7) 38 (14.0) 168 (9.4)

Dementia 55 (1.8) 9 (0.1) 17 (2.2) 6 (0.3)
Vital signs, mean (SD)

Systolic BPf 125.8 (24.7) 127.4 (21.7) 128.6 (26.4) 130.8 (22.2) 118.5 (25.0) 119.5 (22.7)

Diastolic BP 71.6 (15.5) 74.3 (14.1) 72.3 (17.9) 73.3 (14.7) 63.3 (15.9) 63.9 (15.4)

Heart rate 85.4 (20.7) 80.7 (16.6) 84.5 (20.5) 80.6 (16.1) 89.9 (20.3) 85.8 (19.4)

Respiratory rate 19.3 (3.9) 18.3 (2.5) 18.8 (3.7) 17.7 (2.5) 20.5 (6.5) 19.2 (5.4)

SpO2g 96.1 (5.5) 96.9 (4.3) 96.5 (4.0) 97.4 (2.1) 95.9 (3.6) 96.2 (3.1)

Body temperature (°C) 36.7 (0.8) 36.6 (0.5) 36.7 (0.8) 36.6 (0.4) 36.8 (0.7) 36.8 (0.6)
ABGAh, mean (SD)

pH 7.4 (0.1) 7.4 (0.1) 7.4 (0.1) 7.4 (0.1) 7.4 (0.1) 7.4 (0.1)

PaCO2 35.5 (14.1) 36.2 (7.5) 35.3 (11.3) 36.4 (6.2) 42.0 (12.4) 41.1 (12.1)

PaO2 119.8 (83.4) 184.4 (110.8) 122.0 (82.5) 190.4 (104.8) 131.9 (106.0) 125.0 (67.9)

HCO3 22.0 (5.5) 23.1 (3.6) 22.0 (5.3) 23.5 (2.9) 24.1 (5.4) 24.2 (4.7)

aMIMIC-III: Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III.

bICU: intensive care unit.

cSOFA: sequential organ failure assessment.

dVasopressor: epinephrine, norepinephrine, dobutamine, dopamine, vasopressin.

eCCI: Charlson Comorbidity Index.

fBP: blood pressure.

gSpO2: peripheral capillary oxygen saturation.

hABGA: arterial blood gas analysis.