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Table 4 Global sensitivity analysis of the Charlson comorbidities index model and the Elixhauser comorbidities index model in predicting the in-hospital mortality rate after major LEA in patients with T2DM in Spain

From: Predictors of in-hospital mortality following major lower extremity amputations in type 2 diabetic patients using artificial neural networks

 

Charlson model

Elixhauser model

Variable ranking

Variable

VSR

Variable

VSR

1st

Age

1.577

Age

1.451

2nd

Female

1.559

Female

1.433

3rd

Myocardial infarction

1.477

Congestive heart failure

1.341

4th

Renal disease

1.456

Renal failure

1.274

5th

Congestive heart failure

1.447

Chronic pulmonary disease

1.266

6th

Moderate or severe liver disease

1.412

Liver disease

1.262

7th

Metastatic solid tumor

1.362

Metastatic cancer

1.246

  1. VSR Variable sensitivity ratio