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Table 7 Septic shock (vasopressors) features ranking – biostatistics analysis

From: Data analytics and clinical feature ranking of medical records of patients with sepsis

position

abs(t) rank

abs(t)

p-value rank

p-value

abs(PCC) rank

abs(PCC)

1

age

89.81

age

2.49×10−250

Glasgow coma scale

0.29

2

mean arterial pressure

86.51

mean arterial pressure

1.55×10−244

initial procalcitonin (PCT)

0.28

3

Glasgow coma scale

73.55

Glasgow coma scale

5.62×10−225

mechanical vent

0.26

4

platelets

36.10

platelets

3.64×10−122

mean arterial pressure

0.21

5

respiration (PaO2)

33.64

respiration (PaO2)

1.36×10−113

creatinine

0.20

6

respiration (FiO2)

27.17

respiration (FiO2)

1.66×10−89

respiration (FiO2)

0.16

7

urine output 24 hours

21.34

urine output 24 hours

2.55×10−78

urine output 24 hours

0.16

8

bilirubin

12.25

hypertension (HTN)

1.08×10−30

platelets

0.11

9

hypertension (HTN)

12.10

bilirubin

1.06×10−29

age

0.11

10

sex

10.10

sex

1.91×10−22

respiration (PaO2)

0.10

11

microorganism

8.57

microorganism

1.56×10−16

CAD

0.07

12

pulmonary embolism (PE)

7.83

pulmonary embolism (PE)

3.74×10−14

CKD with dialysis

0.07

13

initial procalcitonin (PCT)

7.29

anatomical site of infection

1.90×10−12

anatomical site of infection

0.06

14

anatomical site of infection

7.28

initial procalcitonin (PCT)

1.97×10−12

hypertension (HTN)

0.04

15

CKD with dialysis

6.09

CKD with dialysis

2.13×10−09

atrial fibrillation

0.04

16

diabetes mellitus (DM)

5.75

diabetes mellitus (DM)

1.36×10−08

CHF

0.04

17

COPD

3.66

COPD

2.67×10−04

cancer

0.04

18

mechanical vent

2.67

mechanical vent

7.74×10−03

bilirubin

0.03

19

atrial fibrillation

1.82

atrial fibrillation

6.85×10−02

sex

0.03

20

CKD without dialysis

1.61

CKD without dialysis

1.08×10−01

COPD

0.03

21

creatinine

1.38

creatinine

1.68×10−01

extent of infection

0.02

22

CAD

1.29

CAD

1.98×10−01

CKD without dialysis

0.01

23

CHF

0.47

CHF

6.38×10−01

pulmonary embolism (PE)

0.01

24

extent of infection

0.47

extent of infection

6.41×10−01

diabetes mellitus (DM)

0.01

25

cancer

0.38

cancer

7.06×10−01

microorganism

0.00

  1. abs(PCC): absolute value of Pearson correlation coefficient [40]. abs(t-test): absolute value of Student’s t-test [41]. p-value: probability value of Student’s t-test. We computed each test between the target feature (vasopressors) and each feature, and then ranked the outcomes