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Table 4 Cut-off values of each scoring system

From: AIMS65 scoring system is comparable to Glasgow-Blatchford score or Rockall score for prediction of clinical outcomes for non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Scoring system

Cut-off value

Sensitivity, % (95% CI)

Specificity, % (95% CI)

Low risk (%)

High risk (%)

P-value

Odds ratio (95% CI)

AIMS65

 Mortality

2

88.2 (63.6–98.5)

72.7 (68.6–76.6)

0.6

10

< 0.001

20.0 (4.5–88.6)

 Serious clinical outcomes

2

51.5 (42.7–60.2)

78.6 (74.1–82.6)

18

46

< 0.001

3.8 (2.5–5.9)

 Rebleeding

2

41.5 (29.4–54.4)

72.5 (68.1–76.6)

10.5

18

0.02

1.8 (1.1–3.2)

 ICU admission

2

62.8 (51.7–73.0)

77.5 (73.2–81.3)

8.8

36

< 0.001

5.8 (3.5–9.5)

 Transfusion requirement

1

35.5 (30.8–40.4)

92.2 (85.7–96.4)

62.1

84.6

< 0.001

3.3 (2.1–5.1)

Pre-endoscopic RS

 Mortality

4

88.2 (63.6–98.5)

56.4 (51.9–60.8)

0.6

4.8

0.01

3.3 (2.1–5.2)

 Serious clinical outcomes

4

63.4 (54.7–71.6)

61.4 (56.3–66.3)

14.4

32.5

< 0.001

2.8 (1.7–4.5)

 Rebleeding

3

76.9 (64.8–86.5)

36.9 (32.4–41.6)

8.3

15.1

0.03

1.9 (1.1–3.5)

 ICU admission

4

72.1 (61.4–81.2)

60.3 (55.5–65.0)

7.2

22

< 0.001

3.6 (1.9–6.7)

 Transfusion requirement

3

71.3 (66.6–75.7)

57.4 (47.8–66.6)

63.3

85.2

< 0.001

3.3 (2.1–5.1)

Rockall Score

 Mortality

7

76.5 (50.1–93.2)

67.1 (62.7–71.2)

1.2

7.4

< 0.001

6.6 (2.1–20.6)

 Serious clinical outcomes

6

76.1 (68.0–83.1)

54.2 (49.1–59.3)

13.5

37.1

< 0.001

3.7 (2.4–5.9)

 Rebleeding

6

72.3 (59.8–82.7)

48.9 (44.3–53.7)

7.6

17.1

< 0.001

2.5 (1.4–4.4)

 ICU admission

7

60.5 (49.3–70.8)

70.9 (66.3–75.2)

10.1

29.5

< 0.001

3.7 (2.3–6.0)

 Transfusion requirement

5

75.8 (71.3–80.0)

60.8 (51.3–69.8)

57.8

87

< 0.001

4.8 (3.1–7.5)

GBS

 Mortality

11

82.4 (56.6–96.2)

53.3 (48.8–57.8)

1.1

5.7

0.01

5.33 (1.5–18.7)

 Serious clinical outcomes

10

75.4 (67.2–82.4)

49.5 (44.3–54.6)

15

34.6

< 0.001

3.00 (1.93–4.6)

 Rebleeding

10

67.7 (54.9–78.8)

44.5 (39.8–49.3)

9.5

15.1

0.08a

1.6 (0.9–2.9)

 ICU admission

11

75.6 (65.1–84.2)

57.8 (52.9–62.5)

7.9

26.5

< 0.001

4.2 (2.4–7.1)

 Transfusion requirement

8

82.4 (78.3–86.0)

71.3 (62.1–79.4)

46.1

90.8

< 0.001

11.6 (7.1–18.7)

  1. P-value denotes the Fisher exact test, which was used to compare low and high-risk groups
  2. aDid not reach statistical significance