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Table 3 Diagnostic performance of the clinical score with threshold of 26 for prediction of sepsis worsening

From: Development and validation of a community acquired sepsis-worsening score in the adult emergency department: a prospective cohort: the CASC score

For Prediction of worsening sepsis

Whole population

Sensitivity analysis population

Sensitivity % (95% CI)

0.88 (0.79–0.93)

0.88 (0.80–0.94)

Specificity % (95% CI)

0.62 (0.57–0.67)

0.61 (0.55–0.66)

Predictive value (95% CI)

  

 Positive

0.38 (0.31–0.44)

0.38 (0.31–0.45)

 Negative

0.95 (0.91–0.97)

0.95 (0.91–0.98)

Likelihood ratio (95% CI)

  

 Positive

2.30 (1.98–2.67)

2.27 (1.94–2.66)

 Negative

0.20 (0.12–0.34)

0.19 (0.11–0.34)

  1. Definition of abbreviations: CI, confidence interval