Table 4 ROC of RDW and severity scales for different types of respiratory failure.

From: Association between red blood cell distribution width and long-term mortality in acute respiratory failure patients

Predictor

All patients

Patients with hypoxic respiratory failure

Patients with hypercarbic respiratory failure

AUC

P-value

AUC

P-value

AUC

P-value

1-year mortality

RDW

0.652

 

0.649

 

0.664

 

APS III

0.658

0.6475

0.664

0.2748

0.635

0.3214

OASIS

0.633

0.1815

0.642

0.6393

0.602

0.0521

qSOFA

0.541

 < 0.0001

0.542

 < 0.0001

0.536

 < 0.0001

SIRS

0.520

 < 0.0001

0.520

 < 0.0001

0.518

 < 0.0001

3-year mortality

RDW

0.651

 

0.649

 

0.658

 

APS III

0.644

0.6267

0.656

0.6060

0.604

0.0811

OASIS

0.631

0.1495

0.638

0.4867

0.602

0.0848

qSOFA

0.534

 < 0.0001

0.534

 < 0.0001

0.529

 < 0.0001

SIRS

0.509

 < 0.0001

0.512

 < 0.0001

0.510

 < 0.0001

  1. ROC receiver operating curve, AUC area under curve.