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Table 2 Multivariate association of epidemiological and physiological parameters for the prediction of mortality. Scores for physiological parameters were arbitrarily allocated based on the univariate association with mortality

From: Development and validation of a scoring system for mortality prediction and application of standardized W statistics to assess the performance of emergency departments

Parameter

Coefficient

Standard error

P-value

(intercept)

−6.703

0.022

< 0.001

Male

0.455

0.011

< 0.001

Event is disease

0.786

0.020

< 0.001

AVPU score

0.089

0.001

< 0.001

Age score

0.211

0.002

< 0.001

Heart rate score

0.110

0.001

< 0.001

Respiratory rate score

0.051

0.001

< 0.001

Systolic BP score

0.082

0.001

< 0.001

SpO2 score

0.075

0.001

< 0.001

  1. AVPU alert, verbal, painful, unresponsive; BP blood pressure; SpO2 pulse oxygen saturation