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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 8.

Predicted and Observed Events Using the AHA-ACC-ASCVD Risk Score in Clinically Relevant Risk Categories Among MESA Participants Linked by Medicare Database

Risk Score, % Participants, n Predicted Events, n (%) Observed Events, Including CMS Data, n (%) Signed Absolute Difference Discordance, %* Hosmer–Lemeshow Chi-Square Statistic
0.0–4.9 910 25.7 (2.8) 21 (2.3) 0.52 23 0.90
5.0–7.4 522 32.5 (6.2) 16 (3.1) 3.15 103 8.91
7.5–9.9 416 36.3 (8.7) 15 (3.6) 5.12 142 13.69
≥10.0 1327 226.5 (17.1) 124 (9.3) 7.72 83 55.92
Total 3175 321.0 (10.1) 176 (5.5) 4.57 82 79.41

ACC = American College of Cardiology; AHA = American Heart Association; ASCVD = atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; CMS = Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; MESA = Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

*

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

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