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Table 2 Fraction of new prognostic information from including frailty in the model

From: Relationship between the Clinical Frailty Scale and short-term mortality in patients ≥ 80 years old acutely admitted to the ICU: a prospective cohort study

 

Fraction of new information

p value (likelihood ratio test)

ICU mortality model (%)

30-day mortality model (%)

ICU mortality model

30-day mortality model

Categorisation

3

9

 < 0.001

< 0.001

Linear

2

8

< 0.001

< 0.001

Nonlinear

3

9

< 0.001

< 0.001

Simplified grouping

1

6

0.002

< 0.001

Dichotomisation

1

5

< 0.001

< 0.001