Table 4 Prognostic performances of parameters for the prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients with acute type A aortic dissection

From: Preoperative blood urea nitrogen-to-serum albumin ratio for prediction of in-hospital mortality in patients who underwent emergency surgery for acute type A aortic dissection

 

BA-R

BUN

SA

D-dimer

Age

AUC

0.874

0.795

0.711

0.676

0.653

95% CI

0.829–0.919

0.735–0.856

0.638–0.783

0.600–0.751

0.579–0.727

p value

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

0.002

0.002

Cut-off value

≥ 0.155 (mmol/g)

≥ 6.15 (mmol/L)

<37.05 (g/L)

≥ 8.21 (ug/mL)

≥ 56 years

Sensitivity, %

84.6

76.0

58.6

82.7

71.2

Specificity, %

71.3

80.8

78.8

54.9

63.4

  1. BUN blood urea nitrogen, SA serum albumin, BA-R blood urea nitrogen-to-serum albumin ratio, AUC area under curve, CI confidence interval