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Table 4 Diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and positive/negative likelihood ratios of lactate, qSOFA, SOFA for mortality

From: Prognostic accuracy of the serum lactate level, the SOFA score and the qSOFA score for mortality among adults with Sepsis

  

Sensitivity

Specifity

PPV

NPV

LR+

LR-

Lactate

0.512

0.730

0.592

0.339

1.453

0.512

30-day mortatily

qSOFA

0.236

0.822

0.496

0.416

0.817

0.481

SOFA

0.545

0.725

0.603

0.325

1.521

0.480

Lactate

0.414

0.820

0.669

0.361

2.023

0.566

90-day mortatily

qSOFA

0.230

0.827

0.594

0.509

1.159

0.837

SOFA

0.510

0.740

0.685

0.424

2.178

0.737

Lactate

0.421

0.829

0.666

0.360

1.994

0.563

hospital mortatily

qSOFA

0.234

0.822

0.515

0.429

0.856

0.529

SOFA

0.645

0.647

0.595

0.307

1.475

0.443

Lactate

0.394

0.804

0.757

0.523

3.117

1.097

1-year mortatily

qSOFA

0.232

0.838

0.673

0.568

1.478

1.174

SOFA

0.482

0.738

0.725

0.498

2.637

0.993

  1. PPV, Positive predictive value; NPV, Negative predictive value; LR+, Positive likelihood ratio; LR-, Negative likelihood ratio