Prognostic scores

AUC (95% CI)

Cut-off value

Sensitivity (95%CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

Positive LR

Negative LR

P value

The whole patients

Child-Pugh score

0.889 (0.858 - 0.915)

5

100.00 (47.8 - 100)

70.20 (65.9 - 74.2)

3.36

0

<0.0001

ALBI score

0.849 (0.814 - 0.879)

−2.22

100.00 (47.8 - 100)

72.45 (68.3 - 76.4)

3.63

0

<0.0001

MELD score

0.669 (0.626 - 0.711)

10.74

60.00 (14.7 - 94.7)

93.88 (91.4 - 95.8)

9.80

0.43

0.3391

MELD-Na score

0.721 (0.679 - 0.760)

3.59

60.00 (14.7 - 94.7)

86.33 (83.0 - 89.2)

4.39

0.46

0.1527

Subgroup—Patients with HBV infection

Child-Pugh score

0.872 (0.838 - 0.901)

5

100.00 (39.8 - 100)

71.05 (66.6 - 75.2)

3.45

0

<0.0001

ALBI score

0.823 (0.785 - 0.857)

−2.22

100.00 (39.8 - 100)

73.72 (69.4 - 77.7)

3.81

0

<0.0001

MELD score

0.607 (0.560 - 0.652)

11.36

50.00 (6.8 - 93.2)

96.44 (94.3 - 97.9)

14.03

0.52

0.6135

MELD-Na score

0.653 (0.607 - 0.696)

3.59

50.00 (6.8 - 93.2)

86.64 (83.1 - 89.6)

3.74

0.58

0.3982

Subgroup—Patients without ascites

Child-Pugh score

0.918 (0.887 - 0.942)

5

100.00 (15.8 - 100)

82.10 (78.1 - 85.7)

5.59

0

<0.0001

ALBI score

0.871 (0.835 - 0.901)

−2.16

100.00 (15.8 - 100)

83.77 (79.9 - 87.2)

6.16

0

<0.0001

MELD score

0.570 (0.522 - 0.618)

11.36

50.00 (1.3 - 98.7)

97.61 (95.7 - 98.8)

20.95

0.51

0.8623

MELD-Na score

0.600 (0.552 - 0.647)

−1.59

100.00 (15.8 - 100)

39.86 (35.1 - 44.7)

1.66

0

0.6206

Subgroup—Patients with ascites

Child-Pugh score

0.622 (0.502 - 0.732)

6

100.00 (29.2 - 100)

33.80 (23.0 - 46.0)

1.51

0

0.2873

ALBI score

0.634 (0.514 - 0.743)

−1.63

66.67 (9.4 - 99.2)

71.83 (59.9 - 81.9)

2.37

0.46

0.4984

MELD score

0.610 (0.490 - 0.722)

10.28

66.67 (9.4 - 99.2)

80.28 (69.1 - 88.8)

3.38

0.42

0.6432

MELD-Na score

0.854 (0.753 - 0.926)

3.59

100.00 (29.2 - 100.0)

63.88 (51.1 - 74.5)

2.73

0

0.0018