Table 7.

PREDICT variables and their descriptions

Variable name	Description
PT_SBP	Current systolic blood pressure (sitting)
PT_SBP2	Previous systolic blood pressure (sitting)
PT_DBP	Current diastolic blood pressure (sitting)
PT_DBP2	Previous diastolic blood pressure (sitting)
PT_SMOKING	Smoking history or current status
PT_EN_TCHDL	TC/HDL cholesterol result
PT_DIABETES	Diabetes status
PT_FAMILY_HISTORY	Family history of premature CVD
PT_GEN_LIPID	Diagnosed Genetic Lipid Disorder
PT_RENAL	Renal disease status
PT_DIABETES_YR	Number of years since diabetes diagnosis
PT_PT_ATRIAL_FIBRILLATION	ECG confirmed Atrial Fibrillation
PT_IMP_FATAL_CVD*	Improved fatal CVD using mortality record and 28 day rule

*This feature captures all patients with CVD as cause of death on their death certificate with or without hospitalisation. In addition, those without CVD recorded on their death certificate but who had a CVD hospital admission up to 28 days before their date of death are included. The VIEW research group refers to this as the “the 28 day rule” for reclassifying non-CVD death as CVD death