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Table 3 Predictive ability of the EuroSCORE risk score model and comparision with suggested modified systems.

From: Creatinine clearance versus serum creatinine as a risk factor in cardiac surgery

Model

Area under the ROC curve

SD

(i) original EuroSCORE weights, „simple additive" version (locally calibrated)

0.753

0.018

(ii) original EuroSCORE weights, „logistic" version (locally calibrated)

0.757

0.018

(iii) all EuroSCORE variables with weights from institute specific regression

0.776

0.018

(iv) same as model (iii) but CC as continuous value substituted for serum creatinine

0.786

0.017

(v) same as model (iii) but CC as binarized value (threshold >55 ml/min) substituted for serum creatinine

0.787

0.017

  1. CC: creatinine clearance calculated according to the Cockcroft-Gault formula