Research Article

Predictive Value of Heart-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein for Mortality Risk in Critically Ill Patients

Table 4

Predictive value of H-FABP, LAC, APACHE II score, age, and 28-day prognosis in critically ill patients.

AUC95% CICut-offSensitivity (%)Specificity (%)

H-FABP0.7090.615-0.8020.0014.3572.966.1
LAC0.7500.670-0.8300.0011.9558.376.1
APACHE II0.7310.647-0.8140.00112.577.158.7
Age0.6860.589~0.7820.00173.567.463.5
H-FABP+APACHE II0.8010.719-0.8770.00171.778.2
LAC+APACHE II0.7680.689-0.8470.00173.971.8

aAPACHE II: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II; H-FABP: heart-type fatty acid-binding protein; LAC: lactate; AUC: area under ROC curve; Cut-off: the cut-off value was determined using the Youden method. The differences were statistically significant when .