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 5

Cut-off value, and specificity and sensitivity of the ROC curve.

VariableCut-off valueSpecificitySensitivity

Age61.500.390.04
Mean decrease rate of total bilirubin3.120.260.82
Mean decrease rate of MELD score1.210.220.84
The three combined0.330.870.14

ROC, receiver operating characteristic; MELD score, model for end-stage liver disease.