Table 2.

AUROC and L/A ratio cutoff value for in-hospital mortality.

	AUROC for in-hospital mortality (95% confidence interval)			Lactate/albumin ratio cutoff point
	Lactate	L/A ratio	P	Cutoff value	Sensitivity	Specificity
All patients	0.71 (0.65–0.77)	0.76 (0.70–0.82)	<0.01	1.61	0.75	0.81
Lactate level (mmol/L)
Normal lactate (<2.0)	0.64 (0.59–0.69)	0.75 (0.70–0.80)	<0.01	0.75	0.76	0.82
Intermediate lactate (2.0 ≦ x < 4.0)	0.59 (0.53–0.75)	0.69 (0.63–0.75)	<0.01	1.36	0.63	0.85
High lactate (≧4.0)	0.68 (0.64–0.72)	0.72 (0.68–0.76)	0.015	2.48	0.71	0.83