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Table 3 Comparison of the assessment scores in hospital mortality

From: Comparison of APACHE II, MEES and Glasgow Coma Scale in patients with nontraumatic coma for prediction of mortality

    

Correct prediction

  

Scale

Best cutoff point

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

of outcome (%)

Youden index

ROC area

APACHE II

19

89.8

76.3

79.9

0.63

0.86 ± 0.02

MEES

18

72.9

86.4

78.3

0.61

0.84 ± 0.06

GCS

5

68.9

87.2

81.9*

0.65

0.88 ± 0.03†

  1. *P = 0.87 versus APACHE II, P = 0.81 versus MEES; †P = 0.91 versus APACHE II, P = 0.90 versus MEES.
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