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. 2016 Aug 9;2016:3016245. doi: 10.1155/2016/3016245

Table 2.

Coefficients in the Framingham risk estimation for 10-year general cardiovascular disease risk [1].

 Men
  (10-year baseline survival: So(10) = 0.88431)
 Women
  (10-year baseline survival: So(10) = 0.94833)
Beta∗∗ P value Hazard ratio 95% CI  Beta∗∗ P value Hazard ratio 95% CI
Log of age 3.11296 <0.0001 22.49 (14.80, 34.16)  2.72107 <0.0001 15.20 (8.59, 26.87)
Log of body mass index 0.79277 <0.0066 2.21 (1.25, 3.91)  0.51125 <0.0609 1.67 (0.98, 2.85)
Log of SBP if not treated 1.85508 <0.0001 6.39 (3.61, 11.33)  2.81291 <0.0001 16.66 (8.27, 33.54)
Log of SBP if treated 1.92672 <0.0001 6.87 (3.90, 12.08)  2.88267 <0.0001 17.86 (8.97, 35.57)
Smoking 0.70953 <0.0001 2.03 (1.75, 2.37)  0.61868 <0.0001 1.86 (1.53, 2.25)
Diabetes 0.53160 <0.0001 1.70 (1.37, 2.11)  0.77763 <0.0001 2.18 (1.63, 2.91)

The 10-year risk for women can be calculated as 1 − 0.94833exp⁡(ΣβX−26.0145), where β is the regression coefficient and X is the level for each risk factor; the risk for men is given as 1 − 0.88431exp⁡(ΣβX−23.9388).

∗∗Estimated regression coefficient.