Table 2 Description of attributes from SUPPORT dataset
From: Rough set theory based prognostic classification models for hospice referral
Variable name | Description | Patient distribution | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Numerical condition attributes | Range | Mean | Std. Dev. | |
age | Age of the patient | 18–101 | 62.65 | 15.59 |
alb | Serum albumin | 0.4–29 | 2.95 | 0.87 |
bili | Bilirubin | 0.1–63 | 2.55 | 5.32 |
crea | Serum creatinine | 0.09–21.5 | 1.77 | 1.69 |
hday | Number of days in hospital at study entry | 1–148 | 1.00 | 9.13 |
hrt | Heart rate | 0–300 | 97.16 | 31.56 |
meanbp | Mean arterial blood pressure | 0–195 | 84.55 | 27.70 |
pafi | Blood gasses, PaO2/(.01∗FiO2) | 12–890.4 | 239.50 | 109.70 |
resp | Respiration rate | 0–90 | 23.33 | 9.57 |
scoma | SUPPORT coma score, based on Glasgow coma scale | 0–100 | 12.06 | 24.63 |
sod | Sodium | 110–181 | 137.60 | 6.03 |
temp | Temperature in °C | 31.7–41.7 | 37.10 | 1.25 |
wblc | White blood cell count | 0.05–200 | 12.35 | 9.27 |
Categorical condition attributes | Patients | Percentage (%) | ||
dzgroup | Diagnosis group: | |||
ARF/MOSF w. sepsis | 3,513 | 38.59 | ||
CHF | 1,387 | 15.23 | ||
Cirrhosis | 508 | 5.56 | ||
Colon cancer | 512 | 5.62 | ||
Coma | 596 | 6.54 | ||
COPD | 967 | 10.60 | ||
Lung cancer | 908 | 9.97 | ||
MOSF w. malignancy | 712 | 7.81 | ||
ca | Presence of cancer: | |||
Yes | 1,252 | 13.75 | ||
No | 5,993 | 65.84 | ||
Metastasis | 1,858 | 20.40 | ||
Decision attribute | Patients | Percentage (%) | ||
d.6months | Death occurred within 6 months: | |||
Yes | 4,263 | 46.83 | ||
No | 4,840 | 53.17 | ||