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. 2018 Apr 11;26(5):252–262. doi: 10.1007/s12471-018-1107-3

Table 2.

Age-adjusted mean estimated CVD risk and age-adjusted ethnic differences (ref. Dutch) in CVD risk as estimated by SCORE, dSCORE and eSCORE

SCOREa dSCOREb eSCOREc
Mean Difference Mean Difference Mean Difference
Men
Dutch 1.59  0 6.18  0 15.63  0
South-Asian Surinamese 1.95  0.30 (0.17; 0.44) 7.70  1.39 (0.89; 1.89) 19.63  3.73 (2.58; 4.87)
African Surinamese 1.66  0.06 (−0.05; 0.17) 6.67  0.47 (0.06; 0.88) 17.04  1.38 (0.43; 2.32)
Ghanaian 1.40 −0.21 (−0.34; −0.08) 5.69 −0.53 (−1.01; −0.04) 14.62 −1.06 (−2.17; 0.05)
Turkish 1.68  0.12 (−0.01; 0.24) 6.91  0.77 (0.31; 1.24) 17.89  2.18 (1.11; 3.25)
Moroccan 1.58 −0.02 (−0.15; 0.11) 6.28  0.08 (−0.39; 0.56) 15.93  0.25 (−0.84; 1.35)
Women
Dutch 0.47  0 1.73  0  7.25  0
South-Asian Surinamese 0.54  0.06 (0.02; 0.10) 2.08  0.32 (0.18; 0.45)  8.90  1.62 (1.12; 2.12)
African Surinamese 0.51  0.03 (−0.00; 0.06) 1.89  0.20 (0.08; 0.31)  8.45  1.25 (0.83; 1.68)
Ghanaian 0.45 −0.01 (−0.05; 0.04) 1.72  0.07 (−0.06; 0.21)  8.16  0.92 (0.41; 1.43)
Turkish 0.50  0.03 (−0.02; 0.07) 1.83  0.16 (0.02; 0.30)  8.46  1.11 (0.59; 1.63)
Moroccan 0.44 −0.01 (−0.05; 0.03) 1.75  0.03 (−0.10; 0.17)  7.38  0.16 (−0.34; 0.66)

Italic indicates statistical significant difference from the Dutch

CVD cardiovascular disease, SCORE systematic coronary risk evaluation, dSCORE Dutch SCORE, eSCORE European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort SCORE

aTen-year risk (%) of fatal CVD as estimated by SCORE

bTen-year risk (%) of fatal plus nonfatal CVD as estimated by dSCORE

cTen-year risk (%) of fatal plus nonfatal CVD as estimated by eSCORE