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Table 4 Comparison of prediction models and model discrimination

From: Acute kidney injury as an independent risk factor for unplanned 90-day hospital readmissions

 

Full model

Best stepwise model

Administrative data only model

Biochemistry + age model

Age alone model

AKI alone

Characteristics

 Age

*

*

*

*

*

 

 Age term quadratic term

*

  

*

*

 

 Male sex

*

     

 Residential care

*

*

*

   

 Deprived (highest quintile)

*

     

 Rural (settlement <3000)

*

*

*

   

Admission context

 Admissions in prior 1 year (per admission)

*

*

*

   

 Length of stay (per week)

*

     

 Emergency admission

*

*

*

   

 Medical ward admission

*

 

*

   

 Intensive care admission

*

     

Renal function

 AKI stages 0–3

*

*

 

*

 

*

 Prior AKI count (per episode)

*

  

*

  

 Baseline eGFR (linear and quadratic)

*

*

 

*

  

 Discharge creatinine 20% > baseline

*

     

Comorbidity

 Cancer

*

*

*

   

 Cardiac failure

*

*

*

   

 Cerebrovascular disease

*

     

 Dementia

*

     

 Diabetes

*

*

*

   

 Hemiplegia

*

     

 Liver disease

*

     

 Myocardial infarction

*

     

 Peptic ulcer disease

*

     

 Peripheral vascular disease

*

     

 Pulmonary

*

*

*

   

 Rheumatic disease

*

     

Model C statistic

0.699

0.698

0.685

0.655

0.594

0.587

95% confidence interval

(0.688–0.709)

(0.688–0.709)

(0.675–0.696)

(0.644–0.666)

(0.582–0.605)

(0.578–0.596)

P-value for AUC comparison with the next most complex model

-

0.536

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

0.344

  1. Abbreviations: AKI acute kidney injury, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate