The prognostic accuracy evaluation of SAPS 3, SOFA and APACHE II scores for mortality prediction in the surgical ICU: an external validation study and decision-making analysis

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 4 Pairwise comparison of prediction scores AUROC curves

Severity score	Difference between AUROCs in-hospital mortality (95% CI)	p value	Difference between AUROCs intra-ICU mortality (95% CI)	p value
APACHE II versus SOFA	0.0296 (− 0.004 to 0.063)	0.0840	0.0109 (− 0.027 to 0.049)	0.5748
APACHE II versus SAPS 3	0.0177 (− 0.014 to 0.049)	0.2686	0.0130 (− 0.024 to 0.05)	0.4973
SAPS 3 versus SOFA	0.0474 (0.013–0.082)	0.0068	0.0263 (− 0.013 to 0.061)	0.2050