Table 4 Ranking of each calculator by the average relative risk increase for each risk factor
Risk calculators | 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 to 0.8 mmol/L) | Diabetes (non-diabetic to diabetic) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-diabetic patients | |||||||
Edinburgh (Framingham CVD) | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | |
Edinburgh (ASSIGN) | 12 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
Primary CVD risk calculator | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | |
Framingham Heart Study (CVD) | 6 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 3 | |
QRISK2-2011 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Progetto CUORE | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | |
JBS Assessor | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
Edinburgh (BNF) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
Reynolds Risk Score | 15 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 11 | |
NZ know your numbers | 8 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 6 | |
Australian absolute CVD risk | 7 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 8 | |
UKPDS | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 14 | |
iPhone ATP III lipid management | 11 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 13 | |
Edinburgh (Framingham CHD) | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | |
PROCAM (Health Check) | 16 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 16 | |
National Cholesterol Education Program | 10 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 12 | |
Diabetic patients | |||||||
Edinburgh (Framingham CVD) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Edinburgh (ASSIGN) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
Primary CVD risk calculator | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
Framingham Heart Study (CVD) | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
QRISK2-2011 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
Progetto CUORE | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
NZ know your numbers | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
UKPDS | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
Edinburgh (Framingham CHD) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
PROCAM (Health Check) | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 |