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Table 7 Comparison of AUC values between the scoring systems

From: Scored minor criteria for severe community-acquired pneumonia predicted better

Feature

Retrospective cohort (n = 1230)

Validation cohort (n = 1749)

Difference

z statistic

p value

Difference

z statistic

p value

IDSA/ATS ~ Scored

0.0426

2.635

0.0084

0.0316

4.295

<  0.0001

IDSA/ATS ~CURB-65

0.110

2.609

0.0091

0.104

4.742

<  0.0001

Scored ~ CURB-65

0.0672

1.672

0.0944

0.0722

4.094

<  0.0001

  1. NOTE: AUC The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. IDSA/ATS The Infectious Disease Society of America and the American Thoracic Society. CURB-65 Confusion, Urea > 7 mmol·L−1, Respiratory rate ≥ 30·min− 1, low Blood pressure, and age ≥ 65 yrs
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