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Table 4 Spearman rank correlation results for six laboratory-based risk scores, each compared to non-laboratory-based risk score, men

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

Dataset

Number

Fr_CVD_08 [11]

Fr_CVD_91 [10]

Fr_CHD_91 [10]

SCORE_h [4]a

SCORE_l [4]a

CUORE[12]

Aggregate

5,751

0.939

0.950

0.883

0.985

0.986

0.957

BRISK

287

0.964

0.969

0.931

0.988

0.989

0.970

CRIBSA

357

0.963

0.967

0.922

0.987

0.988

0.974

Mangaung

276

0.952

0.961

0.900

0.985

0.986

0.967

QwaQwa

247

0.951

0.960

0.896

0.988

0.989

0.967

AHA-FS Urban

90

0.895

0.896

0.835

0.960

0.962

0.969

AHA-FS Rural

151

0.906

0.903

0.797

0.967

0.968

0.959

PURE, Urban

364

0.877

0.893

0.751

0.974

0.978

0.925

PURE, Rural

326

0.910

0.919

0.818

0.977

0.980

0.938

KwaZulu-Natal

130

0.944

0.943

0.881

0.981

0.981

0.968

CRISIC

382

0.945

0.956

0.891

0.987

0.988

0.952

Mamre

296

0.957

0.966

0.919

0.986

0.987

0.952

KORIS

2,571

0.951

0.959

0.914

0.988

0.989

0.966

Phoenix

274

0.959

0.962

0.921

0.963

0.966

0.971

  1. aFramingham 10-year CVD risk of >20% of fatal and non-fatal events is equivalent to 5% risk of fatal events for SCORE. CHD coronary heart disease, CVD cardiovascular disease, Fr Framingham.