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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Dec;174(12):1964–1971. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5336

Table 2.

Analysis of predicted and observed risks in the Women's Health Study.

0-<5% 5-<7.5% 7.5-<10% 10%+
N 21,639 2,479 1,400 2,024
Predicted risk (%) 1.92 6.13 8.62 15.60
Observed risk (%) 1.01 3.20 6.04 10.79
E/O Ratio 1.90 1.91 1.43 1.45
Sensitivity analyses
Statin RR=0.75
Adjusted observed risk (%) 1.03 3.32 6.28 11.23
E/O Ratio 1.87 1.85 1.37 1.39
Statin RR=0.75, Indication=2.0
Adjusted observed risk (%) 1.04 3.40 6.44 11.54
E/O Ratio 1.84 1.80 1.34 1.35
Statin RR = Revasc RR =0.75, Indication for each =2.0
Adjusted observed risk (%) 1.04 3.41 6.47 11.60
E/O Ratio 1.84 1.80 1.33 1.35
Chol Med RR=0.75, Indication=2.0
Adjusted observed risk (%) 1.04 3.43 6.50 11.67
E/O Ratio 1.83 1.79 1.33 1.34
Chol Med RR = Revasc RR =0.75, Indication for each =2.0
Adjusted observed risk (%) 1.05 3.44 6.53 11.72
E/O Ratio 1.83 1.78 1.32 1.33
Among Non-Diabetics, not on on Chol Meds at Baseline, LDL 70-189
Predicted risk (%) 1.89 6.12 8.61 14.96
Observed risk (%) 0.94 2.70 5.82 9.53
E/O Ratio 2.02 2.26 1.48 1.57
Chol Med RR = Revasc RR =0.75, Indication for each =2.0
Adjusted observed risk (%) 0.96 2.85 6.14 10.02
E/O Ratio 1.97 2.15 1.40 1.49
Censoring at Chol Meds
Predicted risk (%) 1.90 6.12 8.62 15.56
Observed risk (%) 0.96 3.05 6.50 11.13
E/O Ratio 1.99 2.01 1.33 1.40
Censoring at Chol Meds or Revasc
Observed risk (%) 0.95 2.94 6.33 10.91
E/O Ratio 2.00 2.08 1.36 1.43

Abbreviations: E/O Ratio, Expected-to-observed ratio; Chol Meds, use of cholesterol-lowering medication; Revasc, revascularization procedure; RR, relative risk due to intervention; Indication, relative risk associated with confounding by indication; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.