Table 1.

C-statistics of the four selected models assessed by gender in the National Health Nutritional Examination Survey III and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities

	NEW-CHD model	FRSv2	FRSv1	FRSHDL
National Health Nutritional Examination Survey III
Male	0.726	0.663	0.686	0.674
Female	0.779	0.728	0.742	0.772
Total	0.751	0.706	0.717	0.713
Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities
Male	0.693	0.615	0.616	0.575
Female	0.760	0.691	0.709	0.672
Total	0.764	0.723	0.674	0.603

Abbreviations: NEW-CHD, New Coronary Heart Disease model; FRSv1, Version 1 of the Framingham Risk Score; FRSv2, Version 2 of the Framingham Risk Score; FRSHDL, Version 1 of the Framingham Risk Score without HDL; HDL, high density lipoprotein.