Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
Patients with a MELD-XI score above 12 were older (68 ± 13 years vs 65 ± 14 years; p<0.001), had higher lactate levels at admission (2.6 /L ± 4.2 mmol/L vs 2.0 ± 2.8 mmol/L; p<0.001) and had more pronounced laboratory signs of organ failure. Normally distributed data points are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
Table 2.
A high MELD-XI score identified sicker patients with multiple preconditions.
Normally distributed data points are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
Table 3.
A MELD-XI >12 predicted increased intra-ICU mortality regardless of primary/secondary diagnosis.
Fig 1.
Patients with a MELD-XI >12 at admission showed significantly increased long-term mortality (HR 3.69, 95%CI 3.20–4.25; p<0.001).
Table 4.
In a Cox regression analysis MELD-XI (changes per unit in points) was associated with increased long-term mortality regardless of admission diagnosis.
Table 5.
MELD-XI was still associated with mortality (HR 1.04 95%CI 1.03–1.06; p<0.001 in an adjusted model after correction for relevant cofounders.
Table 6.
Comparison of MELD-XI score to APACHE and SAPS2 scores: ROC—analysis was performed and AUC calculated.