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Table 4 Comparison of the degree of missingness in laboratory measurements between case and control groups

From: Incorporating informatively collected laboratory data from EHR in clinical prediction models

  

Control (N = 100,187)

Case (N = 5011)

RR (95%CI)

Regular:

    

Median [Q1, Q3]a

    
 

BUN

3.00 [1.00,6.00]

4.00 [2.00,7.00]

1.25 (1.24,1.27)

 

Potassium

3.00 [1.00,6.00]

5.00 [2.00,7.00]

1.27 (1.26,1.29)

 

Platelets

3.00 [1.00,5.00]

4.00 [2.00,6.00]

1.25 (1.23,1.27)

 

Sodium

3.00 [1.00,6.00]

5.00 [2.00,7.00]

1.27 (1.26,1.29)

 

WBC

3.00 [1.00,5.00]

4.00 [2.00,6.00]

1.25 (1.23,1.26)

Informative:

    

Observing rateb

    
 

pH (arterial)

11.75%

52.88%

5.00 (4.84,5.16)

 

pH (venous)

9.74%

16.86%

1.80 (1.69,1.93)

 

PaO2

15.83%

70.78%

4.97 (4.84,5.10)

 

PaCO2 (aterial )

15.82%

70.74%

4.97 (4.84,5.10)

 

PaCO2 (venous)

9.76%

17.06%

1.82 (1.71,1.94)

 

Lactate

14.47%

39.99%

2.96 (2.85,3.08)

 

Troponin

10.41%

19.06%

1.90 (1.79,2.02)

  1. aThe median count, with 1st and 3rd quartiles, of observed values for a lab among all patients
  2. bThe probability of the lab ever being observed from a patient