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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 5.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2011 Mar 21;123(13):1367–1376. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.005264

Table 3.

Metrics for improvement in risk prediction with addition of cardiac troponin T (cTnT)

Overall Women Men
Base model Base model + cTnT Base model Base model + cTnT Base model Base model + cTnT
HARD CHD (FATAL CHD + MI)*
Adjusted AUC (95% CI) 0.710 (0.691, 0.732) 0.724 (0.708, 0.747) 0.692 (0.667, 0.725) 0.718 (0.695, 0.753) 0.688 (0.663, 0.720) 0.701 (0.679, 0.735)
Difference in AUC (95% CI) 0.014 (0.008, 0.024) 0.027 (0.014, 0.046) 0.013 (0.004, 0.028)
G-B statistic 7.02 (p=0.64) 6.78 (p=0.66) 12.55 (p=0.18) 12.72 (p=0.18) 8.51 (p=0.48) 12.83 (p=0.17)
IDI (95% CI) 0.032 (0.021, 0.048) 0.043 (0.026, 0.071) 0.028 (0.015, 0.052)
NRI (95% CI) 10.1% (3.8%, 15.9%) 19.2% (6.7%, 25.2%) 7.2% (1.6%, 19.1%)
NRI in intermediate-risk group (95% CI) 22.4% (13.7%, 33.4%) 42.0% (20.5%, 57.1%) 15.2% (6.9%, 29.0%)
ALL CHD*
Adjusted AUC (95% CI) 0.715 (0.702, 0.733) 0.724 (0.711, 0.742) 0.691 (0.670, 0.719) 0.704 (0.684, 0.730) 0.660 (0.643, 0.684) 0.673 (0.656, 0.699)
Difference in AUC (95% CI) 0.009 (0.005, 0.015) 0.012 (0.004, 0.024) 0.013 (0.005, 0.024)
G-B statistic 14.24 (p=0.11) 19.87 (p=0.02) 17.88 (p=0.04) 6.49 (p=0.69) 9.74 (p=0.37) 14.79 (p=0.10)
IDI (95% CI) 0.021 (0.014, 0.032) 0.025 (0.014, 0.040) 0.021 (0.012, 0.037)
NRI (95% CI) 4.5% (0.4%, 8.8%) 6.9% (1.1%, 17.1 %) 2.0% (−0.5%, 9.6%)
NRI in intermediate-risk group (95% CI) 11.7% (6.9%, 17.9%) 19.8% (9.9%, 32.1%) 6.9% (2.8%, 14.3%)
TOTAL MORTALITY
Adjusted AUC (95% CI) 0.719 0.740 0.692 0.715 0.712 0.733
Difference in AUC (95% CI) 0.021 (0.014, 0.028) 0.024 (0.014, 0.034) 0.021 (0.013, 0.031)
G-B statistic 11.8 (p=0.23) 8.8 (p=0.46) 12.6 (p=0.18) 8.0 (p=0.53) 15.9 (p=0.07) 4.1 (p=0.91)
IDI (95% CI) 0.037 (0.027, 0.047) 0.035 (0.022, 0.050) 0.037 (0.025, 0.052)
NRI (95% CI) 10.7% (4.3%, 13.1%) 10.0% (4.2%, 16.9%) 6.1% (1.4%, 13.0%)
NRI in intermediate-risk group (95% CI) 21.4% (14.4%, 25.9%) 21.0% (13.0%, 29.4%) 18.5% (9.9%, 26.3%)
HF HOSPITALIZATION
Adjusted AUC (95% CI) 0.749 0.777 0.741 0.769 0.736 0.772
Difference in AUC (95% CI) 0.028 (0.019, 0.037) 0.028 (0.019, 0.042) 0.036 (0.022, 0.053)
G-B statistic 11.5 (p=0.24) 10.4 (p=0.32) 10.1 (p=0.34) 9.1 (p=0.42) 9.2 (P=0.42) 2.3 (P=0.99)
IDI (95% CI) 0.044 (0.032, 0.058) 0.038 (0.023, 0.055) 0.057 (0.036, 0.085)
NRI (95% CI) 15.4% (8.4%, 20.6%) 16.7% (6.4%, 22.4%) 15.9% (8.0%, 27%)
NRI in intermediate-risk group (95% CI) 30.9% (22.1%, 40.0)% 31.2% (18.0%, 43.6%) 30.7% (20.1%, 49.5%)

AUC = area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; G-B statistic = Grønnesby – Borgan goodness-of-fit statistic; IDI = integrated discrimination improvement; NRI = net reclassification improvement

*

Base model for CHD: model based on ARIC Coronary Risk Score (age, gender, race, total cholesterol, HDL-C, systolic blood pressure, use of antihypertensive medications, smoking status, and presence of diabetes defined as fasting blood glucose >126 mg/dL or use of antidiabetic medications).

Base model for total mortality and HF: ARIC Coronary Risk Score + BMI + presence of LVH on ECG + serum creatinine.