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Table 3 Average relative risk increase due to specific risk factor for each included risk calculator among diabetic patients (relative risk increase ± standard deviation)

From: Variation among cardiovascular risk calculators in relative risk increases with identical risk factor increases

Risk calculator

Age (50–70) (%)

Gender (female to male) (%)

Smoking (non-smoker to smoker) (%)

Systolic BP (120–160 mmHg) (%)

Total chol (4–7 mmol/L) (%)

HDL (1.3–0.8 mmol/L) (%)

Diabetes (yes or no) (%)

Edinburgh (Framingham CVD)

79 ± 28

11 ± 6

50 ± 18

52 ± 19

37 ± 13

31 ± 11

62 ± 33

Edinburgh (ASSIGN)

172 ± 47

15 ± 21

31 ± 10

40 ± 10

49 ± 20

23 ± 6

111 ± 28

Primary CVD risk calculator

96 ± 30

9 ± 10

52 ± 11

66 ± 16

51 ± 18

44 ± 16

60 ± 31

Framingham Heart Study

104 ± 24

62 ± 27

59 ± 14

73 ± 27

68 ± 17

35 ± 9

70 ± 18

QRISK2-2011

197 ± 65

37 ± 19

54 ± 20

28 ± 17

47 ± 14

40 ± 13

84 ± 37

Progetto CUORE

297 ± 35

164 ± 63

84 ± 28

72 ± 14

63 ± 25

28 ± 4

46 ± 8

New Zealand know your numbers

74 ± 13

11 ± 6

48 ± 7

49 ± 7

31 ± 6

25 ± 6

158 ± 123

UKPDS risk engine

167 ± 22

73 ± 11

29 ± 4

15 ± 2

72 ± 11

60 ± 9

50 ± 7

Edinburgh (Framingham CHD)

67 ± 30

17 ± 16

44 ± 13

41 ± 12

70 ± 20

58 ± 17

53 ± 31

PROCAM health check

327 ± 196

76 ± 65

101 ± 38

31 ± 11

251 ± 93

113 ± 42

88 ± 32

Overall average

158 ± 113

48 ± 56

55 ± 28

47 ± 24

74 ± 69

46 ± 30

78 ± 57