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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2012 Aug 22;308(8):788–795. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.9624

Table 4.

Net Reclassification Improvements for Incident cardiovascular disease Events with Addition of IMT,CAC, FMD, ABI, family history of CHD and Hs CRP over Framingham Risk Score in individuals with intermediate risk (n=1330) in MESA.

Variable Percent
Reclassified
Low Risk Category
Intermediate
High Net Correct
Reclassification (%)
NRI
FRS Events - - 123 - - -
Non Events - 1207 - -

FRS + IMT Events 3.3 0 119 4 3.3 0.060
Non Events 3.8 39 1161 7 2.7

FRS + CAC Events 36.6 16 78 29 10.6 0.466
Non Events 45.7 493 655 59 36.0

FRS + FMD Events 2.4 3 120 0 -2.4 0.023
Non Events 5.6 62 1140 5 4.7

FRS + ABI Events 4.1 0 118 5 4.1 0.068
Non Events 4.6 44 1151 12 2.7

FRS + CRP Events 1.6 0 121 2 1.6 0.037
Non Events 3.2 32 1168 7 2.1

FRS + FH Events 2.4 1 120 2 0.8 0.040
Non Events 4.9 49 1148 10 3.2

FRS – Framingham Risk Score, IMT – carotid intima- media thickness, CAC – coronary calcium score, FMD- brachial flow mediated dilation, ABI – ankle brachial index, FH- Family history of coronary heart disease, CRP – high sensitivity c-reactive protein.