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. 2018 Aug 24;17:118. doi: 10.1186/s12933-018-0759-z

Table 3.

Predicted risk for the average patient in primary and secondary prevention population

Patient characteristics Case 1 Case 2
Age 67 73
Gender Female Male
Type of insurance Medicare, other Medicare, other
Race/ethnicity White, non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic
Region Mid-West South
Prior CVD diagnoses None CHF (≥ 12 months ago), Other CVD-related condition
aDCSI 1 3
Diabetes-related hospitalizations No No
Other recorded diagnoses Hypertension, hyperlipidemia Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, infection
Predicted riska MACE (%) MACE-plus (%) CVD-related death (%) MACE (%) MACE-plus (%) CVD-related death (%)
At 6 month 0.7 1.1 0.2 3.2 6.1 1.3
At 1 year 1.4 2.2 0.3 5.8 10.6 2.4
At 2 years 2.7 4.3 0.7 10.5 18.5 4.5
At 3 years 4.1 6.4 1.0 14.4 24.3 6.4
At 5 years 6.8 10.6 1.7 21.8 35.2 9.9

aDCSI adapted diabetes complications severity index, CHF congestive heart failure, CVD cardiovascular disease, MACE major adverse cardiovascular event, CI confidence interval

aPredicted risk for a hypothetical patient based on listed characteristics