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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 30.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2013 Dec 3;159(11):721–728. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-11-201312030-00004

Appendix Table 3. Risk Discrimination and Reclassification at 10 Years, by Method of AF Diagnosis*

Variable Study ECG (n = 70)
Discharge Coding (n = 138)
Score (95% CI) P Value Score (95% CI) P Value
C-statistic

  Framingham 0.72 (0.65–0.76) 1.00 (reference) 0.62 (0.55–0.65) 1.00 (reference)

  PAC 0.77 (0.72–0.81) 0.142 0.66 (0.60–0.69) 0.28

  Framingham and PAC 0.82 (0.76–0.85) <0.001 0.69 (0.63–0.71) 0.001

NRI 26.9 (12.2–41.6) <0.001 13.9 (2.8–25.0) 0.014

IDI 7.9 (5.2–10.6) <0.001 2.3 (1.2–3.4) <0.001

AF = atrial fibrillation; ECG = electrocardiogram; IDI = integrated discrimination improvement; NRI = net reclassification improvement; PAC = premature atrial contraction.

*

At 10-y follow-up, 70 of the 208 AF diagnoses had been made by using study ECGs and 138 by hospital coding.

For comparison of the designated model c-statistic with the Framingham model c-statistic in the same AF diagnosis stratum.