Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) ›› 2026, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (4): 1116-1127.doi: 10.13481/j.1671-587X.20260424

• Research in clinical medicine • Previous Articles    

Comparison of predictive performance of risk assessment models of COMPASS-CAT, Padua, Caprini, and Khorana for venous thromboembolism in lung cancer patients

Jiaqi GUO,Lei XU()   

  1. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care,Affiliated Hospital,Inner Mongolia Medical University,Hohhot 010000,China
  • Received:2025-08-28 Accepted:2025-12-31 Online:2026-07-28 Published:2026-07-27
  • Contact: Lei XU E-mail:Lxu81@126.com

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the independent risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in lung cancer patients, clarify the respective advantages of four risk assessment models(RAM) in predicting and assessing the risk of VTE occurrence in lung cancer patients, explore the most suitable RAM for predicting VTE occurrence in lung cancer patients, and to evaluate the predictive value of each model in different pathological types of lung cancer. Methods A total of 390 lung cancer patients admitled to hospital from Mar.2013 to Mar.2013 were included in this study, with 130 cases allocated to VTE group and 260 cases to non-VTE group based on their medical records. The general and clinical data characteristics of all lung cancer patients were collected, and 35 related risk factors were included. The independent risk factors of lung cancer patients with VTE were screened by Logistic regression analysis. Khorana RAM, Caprini RAM, COMPASS-CAT RAM and Padua RAM were used to score the lung cancer patients. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of the four RAM were plotted and the area under curve (AUC) was caculated; MedCalc software was used to analyze and compare the predictive value of the four RAM for VTE risk in the lung cancer patients, and to compare the prediction probability of the same RAM in the different lung cancer patients. Results The results from stepwise regression analysis showed that varicose veins [odds ratio (OR)=2.23, P<0.05)], COMPASS-CAT RAM≥7 points (OR=9.332, P<0.05), acute disease hospitalization (OR=2.732, P<0.05), ZPS score (OR=2.178, P<0.05), and D-dimer (OR=3.034, P<0.05) were independent risk factors for VTE in the lung cancer patients. The ROC curves were plotted for the four models, showing that COMPASS-CAT RAM’s predictive performance for VTE occurrence in the lung cancer patients (AUC=0.742) was significantly superior to Caprini RAM (AUC=0.613), Khorana RAM (AUC=0.558), and Padua RAM (AUC=0.642). The analysis using MedCalc software revealed that there were no significant differences in the prediction of four kinds of RAM for VTE occurreuce in the lung cancer patients with different types (P>0.05). Conclusion Varicose veins, COMPASS CATRAM≥7 points, acute disease hospitalization, D-dimer score and ZPS score are the independent risk factors for VTE. COMPASS-CAT RAM has higher predictive value for VTE risk in the lung cancer patients than Khorana RAM, Padua RAM and Caprini RAM. It is more suitable for the risk prediction of VTE occurrence in the lung cancer patients. There is no significant difference between four kinds of RAM in predicting VTE occurence in lung adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and small cell lung cancer.

Key words: Venous thromboembolism, COMPASS-CAT risk assessment model, Khorana risk assessment model, Caprini risk assessment model, Padua risk assessment model, Lung neoplasm

CLC Number: 

  • R563.5