Comparative assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk characterization from non-laboratory-based risk assessment in South African populations

Table 7 Risk categorization results for six laboratory-based risk scores, each compared to non-laboratory-based risk score, women ^a

Dataset	Number	Fr_CVD_08	Fr_CVD_91	Fr_CHD_91	SCORE_h	SCORE_l	CUORE
Aggregate	9,021	93.9%	94.0%	91.7%	95.8%	95.9%	96.2%
BRISK	357	97.2%	97.8%	97.8%	97.8%	97.8%	97.8%
CRIBSA	646	95.7%	95.4%	94.4%	96.6%	96.9%	97.8%
Mangaung	442	92.7%	92.3%	89.1%	95.9%	95.9%	94.5%
QwaQwa	535	92.1%	91.0%	87.7%	95.5%	95.5%	95.1%
AHA-FS Urban	295	97.3%	97.3%	96.6%	96.6%	96.6%	97.3%
AHA-FS Rural	361	92.8%	92.0%	89.7%	92.6%	92.6%	93.7%
PURE, Urban	539	92.8%	93.2%	89.0%	96.6%	97.0%	95.8%
PURE, Rural	607	94.4%	94.1%	92.1%	97.7%	98.0%	96.4%
KwaZulu-Natal	612	96.7%	97.7%	96.4%	98.2%	98.2%	99.0%
CRISIC	393	94.7%	94.9%	93.7%	97.7%	98.0%	96.5%
Mamre	399	94.0%	93.5%	91.0%	95.5%	96.0%	95.5%
KORIS	3,037	92.8%	92.8%	89.7%	95.1%	95.3%	95.0%
PHOENIX	798	91.2%	90.9%	89.2%	91.9%	92.2%	94.2%
Aggregate^b	9,021	97.1%	97.2%	96.3%	98.1%	98.3%	97.9%

^a‘Agreement’ based on dichotomous risk categorization corresponding to 10-year Framingham (2008) CVD risk >20%, unless otherwise noted; ^bthreshold of 10-year Framingham CHD risk >20%. CHD coronary heart disease, CVD cardiovascular disease, Fr Framingham.

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