Table 4.

Reclassification of Predicted 8-Year Hypertension Risk Categories Comparing the Simplified Model to the Blood Pressure Only Model in the Validation Cohort (N = 5,395)

		Simplified Model - Categories of Predicted 8-Year Risk				% Reclassified Correctly/% Reclassified
Blood Pressure Only Model- Categories of Predicted 8- Year Risk		<10%	10% to <20%	20% to <30%	≥30%
<10%	N	940	249	8		21.5/21.5
	% Reclassified	-	20.8%	0.7%	-
	Event Rate	5.9%	12.9%	37.5%
10% to <20%	N	139	1397	230	18	21.7/21.7
	% Reclassified	7.8%	-	12.9%	1%
	Event Rate	8.6%	14.0%	21.7%	38.9%
20% to <30%	N		401	643	248	50.2/50.2
	% Reclassified	-	31%	-	19.2%
	Event Rate		16.7%	25.3%	35.5%
≥30%	N		1	205	916	18.3/18.4
	% Reclassified	-	0.1%	18.3%	-
	Event Rate		100%	24.9%	37.6%