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. 2014 Dec 10;10(2):231–244. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12411

Table 5.

Comparing the scoring of the three risk score algorithms as ‘High’ or ‘Low’ risk for Framingham Stroke Risk Score (FSRS), Stroke Riskometer™ and the Qstroke algorithm across all validation cohorts (ARCOS, RUSSIA and ROTTERDAM). Thresholds for ‘High’ risk in each algorithm for males and females was selected for 80% accuracy and >80% specificity (Table 4)

Algorithm Comparison Subset Number of patients (%)
RUSSIA ARCOS ROTTERDAM
Stroke Riskometer™ vs. FSRS 5-year risk 10-year risk 5-year risk 10-year risk 5-year risk 10-year risk
Low risk on Stroke Riskometer™ Low risk on FSRS Males 20 (4·16%) 0 (0·00%) 2410 (78·63%) 2522 (82·28%)
High risk on Stroke Riskometer™ Low risk on FSRS 155 (32·22%) 3 (1·40%) 275 (8·97%) 163 (5·32%)
Low risk on Stroke Riskometer™ High risk on FSRS 0 (0·00%) 1 (0·47%) 17 (0·55%) 6 (0·20%)
High risk on Stroke Riskometer™ High risk on FSRS 306 (63·62%) 210 (98·13%) 363 (11·84%) 374 (12·20%)
Low risk on Stroke Riskometer™ Low risk on FSRS Females 190 (21·18%) 3 (1·40%) 4114 (88·51%) 4188 (90·10%)
High risk on Stroke Riskometer™ Low risk on FSRS 1 (0·11%) 6 (2·80%) 194 (4·17%) 119 (2·56%)
Low risk on Stroke Riskometer™ High risk on FSRS 0 (0·00%) 0 (0·00%) 3 (0·00%) 0 (0·00%)
High risk on Stroke Riskometer™ High risk on FSRS 703 (78·37%) 185 (86·45%) 337 (7·25%) 341 (7·34%)
Stroke Riskometer™ vs. QStroke RUSSIA ARCOS ROTTERDAM
Low risk on Stroke Riskometer™ Low risk on QStroke Males 20 (4·16%) 0 (0·00%) 2258 (73·67%) 2346 (76·54%)
High risk on Stroke Riskometer™ Low risk on QStroke 439 (91·27%) 208 (97·20%) 376 (12·27%) 279 (9·10%)
Low risk on Stroke Riskometer™ High risk on QStroke 0 (0·00%) 1 (0·47%) 47 (5·51%) 182 (5·94%)
High risk on Stroke Riskometer™ High risk on QStroke 22 (4·57%) 5 (2·34%) 262 (8·55%) 258 (8·42%)
Low risk on Stroke Riskometer™ Low risk on QStroke Females 190 (21·18%) 3 (1·40%) 3505 (75·41%) 3557 (76·53%)
High risk on Stroke Riskometer™ Low risk on QStroke 686 (76·48%) 103 (48·13%) 168 (3·61%) 116 (2·50%)
Low risk on Stroke Riskometer™ High risk on QStroke 0 (0·00%) 0 (0·00%) 612 (13·17%) 631 (13·58%)
High risk on Stroke Riskometer™ High risk on QStroke 18 (2·01%) 88 (41·12%) 363 (7·81%) 344 (7·40%)

For FSRS: Male 5-year = 13·0%, Male 10-year = 32·0%, Female 5-year = 19·5%, Female 10-year = 42·0%. For Stroke Riskometer™: Male 5-year = 21·5%, Male 10-year = 43·0%, Female 5-year = 22·0%, Female 10-year = 45·0%. For QStroke: Male 5-year = 8·6%, Male 10-year = 22·0%, Female 5-year = 23·0%, Female 10-year = 48·0%.