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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015 Mar 4;63(3):508–515. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13257

Table 2.

Points associated with patient characteristics. Data presented here provide information on general trends, range of points associated with a given characteristic, and age-specific differences in points associated with a given characteristic; all possible data points for continuous variables are not provided. The variable for antihypertensive medication use was not included in the risk score for adults age 65-79. BMI = Body Mass Index, kg/m2 GFR = glomerular filtrate rate, ml/min/1.73m2. SBP = systolic blood pressure, mmHg

Risk score for ages 65-79
years
Risk score for ages ≥80
years
Characteristics Points
Index GFR
30 0 0
20 41 32
10 74 63
2 100 89
Second GFR
30 30 2
20 12 2
10 6 1
5 3 0
Baseline SBP
240 0 0
180 19 1
140 30 2
120 33 12
80 35 45
Age
Age 65 0 Age 80 0
Age 70 17 Age 86 14
Age 75 18 Age 92 52
Age 79 22 Age 98 60
BMI
60 2 0
40 0 14
30 7 21
25 26 32
15 73 54
10 96 100
Gender
Male 24 30
Female 0 0
History of heart failure
Present 46 24
Absent 0 0
History of cardiovascular disease
Present 25 11
Absent 0 0
Tobacco use
Present 14 11
Absent 0 0
History of hypertension
Present 0 0
Absent 12 7
Statin use
Yes 0 0
No 23 15
Antihypertensive medication use
0 medications n/a 0
1-2 medications n/a 5
3+ medications n/a 9
Number of non-disease specific
measures
0 characteristics 0 0
1-2 characteristics 44 46
3+ characteristics 51 62