Table 4.

Predicted risk of cardiovascular mortality the validation cohort based on various cut-offs.

	Cut-off (%) for risk scores	Mean predicted risk (%)	Sensitivity (%)	Specificity (%)	Positive Predictive Value (%)	Observed risk %
Cardiovascular mortality
Top 5%	29.12	40.30	18.80 (13.30 to 25.30)	96.00 (94.70 to 97.00)	40.70 (29.90 to 52.20)	40.74
Top 10%	23.32	34.48	28.40 (21.90 to 35.70)	92.80 (91.20 to 94.20)	36.80 (28.70 to 45.50)	36.76
Top 15%	20.43	30.42	36.40 (29.30 to 43.90)	88.60 (86.60 to 90.30)	32.00 (25.60 to 38.90)	32.00
Top 20%	18.31	27.50	44.30 (36.80 to 52.00)	83.80 (81.60 to 85.90)	28.80 (23.50 to 34.60)	28.78
Top 25%	16.78	25.70	51.10 (43.50 to 58.70)	79.90 (77.50 to 82.10)	27.30 (22.50 to 32.40)	27.27