Table 3.

Tests and scores of associations between independent variables and CVD risk factor determinants in the NHS Highlands CVD PCI population, 2016–2019.

	Blood sugar concentration	Cholesterol concentration	Blood pressure	BMI groups	Smoking groups	Prediction score3
age groups	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	5
gender	0.21	< 0.0001	0.36	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	3
family history, CAD	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.87	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	4
SIMD groups	0.85	0.23	0.62	< 0.0001	0.35	1
SIMD ranking	0.14	< 0.0001	0.86	0.87	< 0.0001	2
risk factor count	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	5
Association score1	3	5	2	5	5	.
Risk prevalence score2	1	3	4	5	2	.
Preference score1+2	4	8	6	10	7	.
BMI groups	< 0.0001	0.01	< 0.0001	.	< 0.0001

¹Significant association counts, 1 (no significant association count, 0).

²Prevalence range, 1–5 (from Table 1 and Fig. 1: least to most prevalent).

³Counts of associations with dependent variables, 1 (no count, 0).

¹⁺²Value of association score plus value of prevalence score.