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Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2021 Feb 19;67(2):629–638. doi: 10.1007/s10620-021-06877-8

Table 3:

Comparing Multiple Severity Indices

	HR + albumin	HR + SBP + albumin	HR + albumin + endoscopy	HR + SBP + albumin + endoscopy	HR + albumin + CDI + endoscopy	HR + SBP + albumin + CDI+ endoscopy
Sensitivity	54.5%	85.5%	85.5%	76.3%	58.2%	83.6%
Specificity	80.2%	59.4%	61.4%	72.2%	85.1%	66.3%
PPV	60%	53.4%	54.7%	60%	68.1%	57.5%
NPV	76.5%	88.2%	88.6%	84.9%	78.9%	88.2%
AUC	0.744 (0.671–0.816)	0.775 (0.704, 0.846)	0.773 (0.701–0.845)	0.793 (0.723–0.862)	0.795 (0.727–0.864)	0.817 (0.75–0.883)

A comparison of the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and area under the curve (AUC) of multiple severity indices. Abbreviations: CDI (Clostridioides difficile Infection); HR (Heart Rate); SBP (Systolic Blood Pressure).