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Reproducibility of individualized coronary heart disease risk calculations in patients with diabetes mellitus

Lambert, A. P., Hunt, M. A., Day, A. P., Bayly, G. R. and Dayan, Colin Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6557-3462 2002. Reproducibility of individualized coronary heart disease risk calculations in patients with diabetes mellitus. Diabetic Medicine 19 (6) , pp. 514-517. 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2002.00687.x

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Abstract

Aims: To determine prospectively, the reproducibility of individualized coronary heart disease (CHD) risk estimations in a high-risk (diabetic) population. Methods: One hundred and three patients attending a hospital diabetes clinic who were in the primary prevention category for CHD had measurements of cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and systolic blood pressure (SBP) performed in one of 13 general practices and then 2 weeks later in the hospital clinic. The data were combined with age, sex, smoking history and diabetic status data to produce a 10-year CHD risk estimate for each occasion using the Framingham algorithm. Results: The coefficients of variation for cholesterol, HDL and SBP were 6.0%, 9.4% and 7.0%, respectively. When classified by treatment thresholds of 15% and 30% 10-year CHD risk, 88% of patients were classified in the same category on both occasions. Kappa values for the 15% and 30% risk thresholds were 0.71 and 0.82. This indicates good interobserver agreement for the estimation of CHD risk. The use of a single BP rather than the mean of two, resulted in seven of 206 estimations of CHD risk performed in 103 patients crossing a risk threshold, with 6/7 being placed in a higher risk category. Conclusions: Estimation of CHD risk on a single occasion is sufficient to make robust treatment decisions based on risk thresholds. Use of a single BP measurement rather than the mean of two overestimates the risk category in around 3% of cases.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher: Wiley
ISSN: 0742-3071
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2022 08:53
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/63667

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