Research Article

Combined Age with Mean Decrease Rates of Total Bilirubin and MELD Score as a Novel and Simple Clinical Predictor on 90-Day Transplant-Free Mortality in Adult Patients with Acute Liver Failure Undergoing Plasma Exchange: A Single-Center Retrospective Study

Table 4

Area under the ROC curve.

VariableAreaSEAsymptotic sig.Asymptotic 95% CI
Lower boundUpper bound

Age0.6890.0700.0100.5520.826
Mean decrease rate of total bilirubin0.2250.0620.0000.1040.346
Mean decrease rate of MELD score0.1230.0450.0000.0350.211
The three combined0.9120.0370.0000.8390.985

ROC, receiver operating characteristic; SE, standard error; CI, confidence interval; MELD score, model for end-stage liver disease.