Summary of the two-biomarker model for diagnosis of ARDS in the derivation cohort
| Biomarker (upper and lower quartiles) | OR for ARDS* | 95% CI | p |
| RAGE (1846 vs 656) | 2.382 | 1.638 to 3.464 | <0.001 |
| Ang-2 (6128 vs 2935) | 1.890 | 1.322 to 2.702 | <0.001 |
*OR for ARDS comparing upper quartile (75th percentile) to lower quartile (25th percentile).
Ang-2, angiopoietin-2; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; RAGE, receptor for advanced glycation endproducts.