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Table 4 Measures of model performance in predicting 28-day risk of COVID-19 mortality in the temporal and geographical internal validation, using the “selected” models

From: Comparison of methods for predicting COVID-19-related death in the general population using the OpenSAFELY platform

Approach; measures of infection prevalence included; model format

Validation period

Region omitted from analysis

C-statistic

Observed mean risk (in validation data) (%)

Predicted mean risk (in validation data) (%)

Calibration

Intercept (95% CI)

Slope (95% CI)

   

Temporal internal validation

(A), none, Cox

3

0.941

0.0104

0.0037

1.03 (0.97, 1.08)

1.05 (1.00, 1.11)

(B), modelled estimates, Poisson

3

0.943

0.0104

0.0195

−0.63 (−0.68, −0.57)

1.04 (0.98, 1.09)

   

Geographical internal validation

(A), none, Cox

1

East

0.907

0.0036

0.0034

0.05 (−0.15, 0.25)

0.85 (0.65, 1.05)

London

0.948

0.0102

0.0024

1.46 (1.27, 1.65)

0.98 (0.78, 1.17)

Midlands

0.927

0.0052

0.0038

0.31 (0.14, 0.48)

0.95 (0.78, 1.12)

North East and Yorkshire

0.896

0.0024

0.0046

−0.66 (−0.92, −0.39)

0.81 (0.55, 1.08)

North West

0.857

0.0021

0.0045

−0.78 (−1.19, −0.36)

0.72 (0.31, 1.14)

South East

0.946

0.0025

0.0035

−0.33 (−0.78, 0.12)

1.06 (0.61, 1.51)

South West

0.933

0.0014

0.0042

−1.10 (−1.53, −0.67)

0.92 (0.50, 1.35)

2

East

0.930

0.0365

0.0034

2.39 (2.33, 2.45)

1.05 (0.99, 1.11)

London

0.932

0.0396

0.0023

2.84 (2.74, 2.94)

0.90 (0.80, 1.00)

Midlands

0.931

0.0405

0.0038

2.39 (2.33, 2.45)

0.99 (0.93, 1.05)

North East and Yorkshire

0.937

0.0420

0.0046

2.22 (2.16, 2.28)

1.00 (0.94, 1.07)

North West

0.931

0.0493

0.0045

2.40 (2.32, 2.49)

1.02 (0.94, 1.11)

South East

0.938

0.0238

0.0035

1.92 (1.77, 2.07)

1.04 (0.89, 1.19)

South West

0.941

0.0235

0.0041

1.74 (1.64, 1.84)

1.05 (0.94, 1.15)

3

East

0.942

0.0106

0.0033

1.17 (1.05, 1.28)

1.08 (0.97, 1.20)

London

0.947

0.0033

0.0023

0.37 (0.04, 0.71)

0.91 (0.57, 1.24)

Midlands

0.935

0.0120

0.0037

1.18 (1.07, 1.29)

0.99 (0.88, 1.10)

North East and Yorkshire

0.945

0.0142

0.0045

1.15 (1.04, 1.26)

1.04 (0.93, 1.15)

North West

0.935

0.0168

0.0044

1.33 (1.19, 1.48)

1.06 (0.92, 1.21)

South East

0.965

0.0052

0.0035

0.42 (0.10, 0.73)

1.20 (0.89, 1.52)

South West

0.920

0.0047

0.0041

0.15 (−0.09, 0.38)

1.07 (0.83, 1.30)

(B), modelled estimates, Poisson

1

East

0.913

0.0036

0.0020

0.57 (0.37, 0.77)

0.87 (0.68, 1.07)

London

0.952

0.0102

0.0081

0.23 (0.04, 0.42)

0.99 (0.80, 1.19)

Midlands

0.924

0.0052

0.0058

−0.12 (−0.29, 0.04)

0.91 (0.75, 1.08)

North East and Yorkshire

0.907

0.0024

0.0035

−0.37 (−0.64, −0.10)

0.86 (0.59, 1.12)

North West

0.857

0.0021

0.0045

−0.77 (−1.19, −0.36)

0.71 (0.30, 1.13)

South East

0.937

0.0025

0.0048

−0.63 (−1.08, −0.18)

1.01 (0.56, 1.45)

South West

0.931

0.0014

0.0047

−1.21 (−1.64, −0.79)

0.93 (0.50, 1.35)

2

East

0.936

0.0365

0.0356

0.03 (−0.04, 0.09)

1.02 (0.96, 1.09)

London

0.937

0.0396

0.0429

−0.08 (−0.18, 0.02)

0.93 (0.83, 1.02)

Midlands

0.933

0.0405

0.0373

0.08 (0.02, 0.14)

0.99 (0.93, 1.05)

North East and Yorkshire

0.939

0.0420

0.0352

0.18 (0.11, 0.24)

0.99 (0.93, 1.06)

North West

0.931

0.0493

0.0392

0.23 (0.15, 0.32)

0.99 (0.91, 1.08)

South East

0.943

0.0238

0.0319

−0.30 (−0.44, −0.15)

1.04 (0.89, 1.19)

South West

0.941

0.0235

0.0277

−0.17 (−0.27, −0.06)

1.02 (0.91, 1.12)

3

East

0.943

0.0106

0.0103

0.03 (−0.09, 0.14)

1.05 (0.93, 1.17)

London

0.954

0.0033

0.0102

−1.12 (−1.46, −0.78)

0.94 (0.60, 1.28)

Midlands

0.938

0.0120

0.0153

−0.24 (−0.35, −0.13)

0.99 (0.88, 1.10)

North East and Yorkshire

0.944

0.0142

0.0140

0.01 (−0.10, 0.12)

1.03 (0.92, 1.14)

North West

0.935

0.0168

0.0205

−0.20 (−0.35, −0.05)

1.03 (0.88, 1.18)

South East

0.965

0.0052

0.0110

−0.74 (−1.05, −0.42)

1.16 (0.85, 1.48)

South West

0.921

0.0047

0.0071

−0.41 (−0.64, −0.18)

1.04 (0.81, 1.27)