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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2015 Feb 17;162(4):266–275. doi: 10.7326/M14-1281

Appendix Table 6.

Predicted and Observed Events for Each Risk Score, Including Participants With Diabetes* and a Calculated Hemoglobin A1c Level From a Baseline Fasting Glucose Level

Risk Score Predicted Events, n (%) Observed Events, n (%) Signed Absolute Difference Discordance, % c-Statistic Discrimination Slope
Total (n = 4804)
 FRS-CHD 495.3 (10.31) 347 (7.22) 3.09 43 0.69 0.06
 FRS-CVD 726.8 (15.13) 584 (12.16) 2.97 24 0.72 0.11
 ATPIII-FRS-CHD 332.6 (6.92) 175 (3.64) 3.28 90 0.72 0.06
 RRS 390.8 (8.14) 418 (8.70) −0.57 −7 0.72 0.07
 AHA-ACC-ASCVD 511.5 (10.65) 281 (5.85) 4.80 82 0.71 0.07
Men (n = 2271)
 FRS-CHD 312.8 (13.77) 220 (9.69) 4.09 42 0.69 0.06
 FRS-CVD 467.9 (20.60) 346 (15.24) 5.37 35 0.72 0.11
 ATPIII-FRS-CHD 251.7 (11.08) 117 (5.15) 5.93 115 0.70 0.05
 RRS 254.4 (11.20) 266 (11.71) −0.51 −4 0.69 0.06
 AHA-ACC-ASCVD 309.6 (13.63) 172 (7.57) 6.06 80 0.70 0.07
Women (n = 2533)
 FRS-CHD 182.6 (7.21) 127 (5.01) 2.19 44 0.63 0.02
 FRS-CVD 259.0 (10.22) 238 (9.40) 0.83 9 0.70 0.06
 ATPIII-FRS-CHD 80.8 (3.19) 58 (2.29) 0.90 39 0.69 0.02
 RRS 136.4 (5.39) 152 (6.00) −0.62 −10 0.71 0.05
 AHA-ACC-ASCVD 201.8 (7.97) 109 (4.30) 3.66 85 0.69 0.05

ACC = American College of Cardiology; AHA = American Heart Association; ASCVD = atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; ATPIII = Adult Treatment Panel III; CHD = coronary heart disease; CVD = cardiovascular disease; FRS = Framingham risk score; RRS = Reynolds Risk Score.

*

Diabetes was defined as a fasting glucose level ≥7.0 mmol/L (≥126 mg/dL) or treated diabetes; 310 of 2271 (13.7%) men and 267 of 2533 (10.5%) women were considered to be diabetic.

Percentage discordance calculation: ([{expected percentage − observed percentage}/observed percentage] × 100).