Comparison of AUROC, sensitivity and specificity for the MLA applied to severe sepsis detection and SIRS criteria, MEWS, the SOFA score and the qSOFA score on patient physiological data collected during the study
| MLA | SIRS | MEWS | SOFA | qSOFA | |
| AUROC | 0.952 (0.946 to 0.958) | 0.681 | 0.524 | 0.756 | 0.518 |
| Sensitivity | 0.900 (0.870 to 0.930) | 0.590 | 0.365 | 0.910 | 0.288 |
| Specificity | 0.900 (0.878 to 0.922) | 0.764 | 0.667 | 0.181 | 0.750 |
A 95% CI for the MLA is also included in parentheses.
AUROC, area under the receiver operator characteristic curve; MEWS, Modified Early Warning Score; MLA, machine learning algorithm; SIRS, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome; qSOFA, quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.