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- The results showed a significant difference between the two
groups (survivors and non-survivors) in terms of D-dimer, LDH, PT, and
INR levels.
- Serum D-dimer level, LDH, PT, and INR in the deceased patients
were significantly higher than those of the surviving patients
- the results of binary logistic regression indicated that serum
D-dimer level had a significant effect on predicting mortality in a
way that for each unit of increase in D-dimer level, mortality risk
increased by 0.99% (OR=0.994; 95%CI: 0.992-0.997).
- The area under the ROC curve was obtained to be 85% for
D-dimer. Then, based on the figure, its cutoff point was determined to
be 450 μg/dL with the sensitivity of 98% and specificity of 97%.