Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2016 Aug 19;134(11):806–816. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.023042

Table 3.

Model Discrimination and Calibration for SCD, Non-Sudden Cardiac Death, and All-cause Mortality using the 10 Year Risk Prediction Equation

ARIC CHS

Sudden Cardiac Death
SCD Prediction Score
 C-statistic (95% CI) 0.820 (0.785, 0.854) 0.745 (0.701, 0.789)
 Calibration chi-square (p-value) 11.46 (0.25) 13.74 (0.088)
ACC/AHA CVD risk equation
 C-statistic (95% CI) 0.808 (0.772, 0.844) 0.743 (0.700, 0.768)
 Calibration chi-square (p-value) 851.0 (<0.001) 24.71 (0.003)
Non-Sudden Cardiac Death
SCD Prediction Score
 C-statistic (95% CI) 0.818 (0.784, 0.853) 0.720 (0.693, 0.747)
 Calibration chi-square (p-value) 20.90 (0.01) 45.17 (<0.001)
ACC/AHA CVD risk equation
 C-statistic (95% CI) 0.823 (0.791, 0.856) 0.753 (0.728, 0.779)
 Calibration chi-square (p-value) 800.6 (<0.001) 34.72 (<0.001)
All-Cause Mortality
SCD Prediction Score
 C-statistic (95% CI) 0.731 (0.715, 0.747) 0.681 (0.666, 0.696)
 Calibration chi-square (p-value) 6058 (<0.001) 91.40 (<0.001)
ACC/AHA CVD risk equation
 C-statistic (95% CI) 0.728 (0.712, 0.743) 0.692 (0.678, 0.707)
 Calibration chi-square (p-value) 34.59 (<0.001) 68.32 (<0.001)