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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 24.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Intern Med. 2011 Jul 25;171(19):1712–1718. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.351

Table 2.

Predicted 10-year Cardiovascular Risk Category in Diabetic Participants for Models Including HbA1c Compared to Classification of Diabetes as a Cardiovascular Risk Equivalent

Predicted 10-Year Risk Category from Model with HbA1c Total
<5% 5 to <10% 10 to <20 % 20+ %
WHS, ATP III
 N (%) 135 (19.7%) 155 (22.6%) 203 (29.6%) 192 (28.0%) 685
 Kaplan-Meier 2.8 % 15.2 % 17.8 % 32.9 % 18.6%
 Event Rate (95% CI) (0%, 5.9%) (8.6%, 21.2%) (11.7%, 23.5%) (25.2%, 39.9%) (15.3%, 21.8%)
 Cases/Non-Cases at 8 years 3/129 19/134 29/166 52/134 103/563
WHS, RRS
 N (%) 132 (19.3%) 151 (22.0%) 211 (30.8%) 191 (27.9%) 685
 Kaplan-Meier 1.9 % 14.0 % 20.5 % 31.4 % 18.6%
 Event Rate (95% CI) (0.0%, 4.5%) (7.6%, 20%) (14.2%, 26.3%) (23.7%, 38.3%) (15.3%, 21.8%)
 Cases/Non-Cases at 8 years 2/128 17/130 35/170 49/135 103/563
PHS II, ATP III
 N (%) 2 (0.3%) 20 (3.6%) 116 (20.6%) 425 (75.5%) 563
 Kaplan-Meier 58% (0.0%, 12.3% (0.0%, 26.4% 34.9% 32.4%
 Event Rate (95% CI) 92.6%) 27.0%) (17.0%, 34.8%) (29.6%, 39.8%) (28.0%, 36.6%)
 Cases/Non-Cases at 8 years 1/1 2/17 25/88 119/269 147/375
PHS II, RRS
 N (%) 3 (0.5%) 23 (4.1%) 116 (20.6%) 421 (74.8%) 563
 Kaplan-Meier 39.8% 10.7% 24.2% 35.9% 32.4%
 Event Rate (95% CI) (0.0%, 77.8%) (0.0%, 23.8%) (15.1%, 32.4%) (30.5%, 40.8%) (28.0%, 36.6%)
 Cases/Non-Cases at 8 years 1/2 2/20 23/91 121/262 147/375

WHS = Women’s Health Study, PHS II = Physician’s Health Study II, ATP III = base covariates from Adult Treatment Panel III, RRS = base covariates from Reynolds risk score