Fig. 3: Prognostic accuracy for 31-day mortality of the RISKINDEX compared with traditional clinical prediction tools.

The RISKINDEX demonstrated higher prognostic accuracy for 31-day mortality (AUROC 0.84 (95% CI: 0.78–0.90)) compared to traditional clinical prediction tools. It showed a statistically higher AUROC than the NEWS score (AUROC 0.65 (95% CI 0.56–0.74), p < 0.001), APACHE II score (AUROC 0.65 (95% CI 0.51–0.78), p = 0.008), and SOFA score (AUROC 0.75 (95% CI 0.68–0.83), p = 0.017). The AUROCs were compared by using the method of DeLong.