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. 2007 Jul 5;335(7611):136. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39261.471806.55

Table 6.

 Numbers (percentages) of patients with a cardiovascular disease risk score ≥20% by sex and Townsend fifth in patients aged 35-74, estimated using three risk scores

Variables Total population QRISK Framingham ASSIGN
No of patients % No of patients % No of patients %
Women
Townsend fifth*:
 First 63 102 1871 2.97 2878 4.56 5451 8.64
 Second 62 641 2408 3.84 3014 4.81 5699 9.10
 Third 62 566 3054 4.88 3309 5.29 6661 10.65
 Fourth 61 561 4598 7.47 3887 6.31 8168 13.27
 Fifth 59 543 5910 9.93 3755 6.31 8873 14.90
Men
Townsend fifth*:
 First 60 074 5770 9.60 12 324 20.51 9504 15.82
 Second 60 020 6145 10.24 12 210 20.34 9546 15.90
 Third 60 337 6569 10.89 12 175 20.18 9798 16.24
 Fourth 61 346 7607 12.40 12 654 20.63 10 738 17.50
 Fifth 63 363 7976 12.59 12 382 19.54 11 430 18.04
Total 614 553 51 908 8.45 78 588 12.79 85 868 13.97

*First fifth is most affluent and last fifth most deprived.