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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

Table 2.

Predicted and Observed Events for Each Risk Score

Risk Score Predicted Events, n (%) Observed Events, n (%) Signed Absolute Difference Discordance, %* c-Statistic Discrimination Slope
Total (n = 4227)

 FRS-CHD 397.6 (9.41) 263 (6.22) 3.18 51 0.68 0.05

 FRS-CVD 561.3 (13.28) 448 (10.60) 2.68 25 0.71 0.09

 ATPIII-FRS-CHD§ 288.7 (6.83) 134 (3.17) 3.66 115 0.71 0.06

 RRS|| 314.0 (7.43) 323 (7.64) −0.21 −3 0.72 0.07

 AHA-ACC-ASCVD 387.2 (9.16) 218 (5.16) 4.00 78 0.71 0.06

Men (n = 1961)
 FRS-CHD 251.1 (12.80) 164 (8.36) 4.44 53 0.69 0.05

 FRS-CVD 358.7 (18.29) 261 (13.31) 4.98 37 0.71 0.09

 ATPIII-FRS-CHD§ 218.6 (11.15) 86 (4.39) 6.76 154 0.71 0.05

 RRS|| 213.5 (10.89) 196 (9.99) 0.89 9 0.70 0.06

 AHA-ACC-ASCVD 232.1 (11.84) 125 (6.37) 5.46 86 0.71 0.06
Women (n = 2266)

 FRS-CHD 146.5 (6.47) 99 (4.37) 2.10 48 0.60 0.01

 FRS-CVD 202.6 (8.94) 187 (8.25) 0.69 8 0.70 0.05

 ATPIII-FRS-CHD§ 70.2 (3.10) 48 (2.12) 0.98 46 0.67 0.02

 RRS|| 100.5 (4.44) 127 (5.60) −1.17 −21 0.72 0.05

 AHA-ACC-ASCVD 155.1 (6.84) 93 (4.10) 2.74 67 0.70 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.

*

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

End points are myocardial infarction, death from CHD, and angina.

End points are myocardial infarction, death from CHD, angina, stroke, transient ischemic attack, peripheral vascular disease, and heart failure.

§

End points are myocardial infarction and death from CHD.

||

End points are myocardial infarction, death from CHD, stroke, and coronary revascularization.

End points are myocardial infarction, death from CHD, and stroke.