Prognostic Accuracy of qSOFA and SIRS for Mortality in the Emergency Department: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Prospective Studies

Table 2

Subgroup analysis of sensitivity and specificity for qSOFA and SIRS.

Subgroup	No. of articles	qSOFA				SIRS
		Sensitivity	I^2 (%)	Specificity	I^2 (%)	Sensitivity	I^2 (%)	Specificity	I^2 (%)
Study location
Europe	7	0.34	95	0.91	99	0.75	97	0.45	99
Asia	5	0.48	98	0.91	99	0.81	97	0.38	99
Others	4	0.52	0	0.84	88	0.87	80	0.31	99
Publication time
Before 2020	9	0.48	82	0.88	98	0.84	83	0.36	99
2020 and after	7	0.37	98	0.91	99	0.75	98	0.44	99
Bias risk of articles
Low risk	12	0.44	96	0.88	99	0.81	93	0.37	99
Unclear and high risk	4	0.4	96	0.94	99	0.82	96	0.39	99

qSOFA, quick sequential organ failure assessment; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome.