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Table 3 Meta-regression analysis performed using model weighted by the inverse of the variance

From: Performance of the quick Sequential (sepsis-related) Organ Failure Assessment score as a prognostic tool in infected patients outside the intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Covariates

Coefficient

SE

RDOR (95% CI)a

P valueb

Study location

0.04

0.15

1.04 (0.75–1.44)

0.79

Overall mortality ≥ 10%

−0.34

0.14

0.71 (0.53–0.96)

0.03

Timing of qSOFA score measurement

−0.53

0.159

0.59 (0.43–0.81)

<0.01

Disease severity

−0.44

0.26

0.64 (0.37–1.12)

0.11

  1. qSOFA Quick Sequential (Sepsis-related) Organ Failure Assessment
  2. aThe RDOR means the diagnostic OR (DOR) for studies that lacked a particular methodological feature divided by the DOR for studies without the flaw
  3. bP values from random effects meta-regression using restricted maximum likelihood