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Predictiveness curves show the risk for an event, as derived by a model with one or more predictors, depending on risk percentiles that represent the predictors\u2019 distribution in the underlying population.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Connections between the degrees of necessity and of sufficiency and explained variation on the one hand and the predictiveness curve on the other hand are mathematically proved and exemplified using data of in-hospital death of Covid- 19 patients.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We show that the degrees of necessity and of sufficiency can be represented as proportions of areas easily identifiable in the plot of the predictiveness curve. 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