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Table 3 Mortality rates by categories of the 2008 score and the new score

From: A clinical in-hospital prognostic score for acute exacerbations of COPD

2008 score

New score

Categories

Groups*

Deaths n (%)

Tertiles

Deaths n (%)

Derivation cohort

Validation cohort

0-1 point

692 (37.9%)

5 (0.7%)

0 point

1 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

2-3 points

672 (36.8%)

11 (1.6%)

1-2 points

4 (1.3%)

5 (1.6%)

4-6 points

460 (25.2%)

29 (6.3%)

3-9 points

18 (5.8%)

17 (5.5%)

  1. *defined with reference to the distribution (i.e., tertiles) of the 2008 score in the 2008 population.
  2. The new score was built using data collected in the studied population.