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Table 2 Comparison between survivors and non-survivors for various scores

Scoring system	Survivors, n = 169	Non-survivors, n = 231	Total, n = 400	P value
APACHE II	17.66 ± 4.96	22.82 ± 8.34	20.64 ± 7.55	< 0.001
APACHE II PDR	28.10 ± 17.74	44.04 ± 25.88	37.30 ± 24.10	< 0.001
APACHE III	59.01 ± 16.95	81.36 ± 31.37	71.92 ± 28.46	< 0.001
APACHE III PDR	17.59 ± 15.80	37.59 ± 28.51	29.14 ± 25.91	< 0.001
APACHE IV	58.80 ± 16.98	80.45 ± 31.70	71.30 ± 28.55	< 0.001
APACHE IV PDR	20.45 ± 14.99	40.45 ± 27.91	32.00 ± 25.33	< 0.001
SAPS II	34.67 ± 11.83	49.20 ± 19.87	43.06 ± 18.39	< 0.001
SAPS II PDR	19.81 ± 16.97	42.83 ± 30.51	33.10 ± 28.06	< 0.001
SAPS III PDR	18.12 ± 16.95	34.66 ± 24.12	27.67 ± 22.88	< 0.001
SOFA Score	5.76 ± 2.80	9.02 ± 4.58	7.64 ± 4.24	< 0.001
MPM II0 PDR	33.39 ± 15.08	52.16 ± 26.63	44.23 ± 24.31	< 0.001

APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; MPM: Mortality Probability Model; PDR: Predicted death rate.