Table 2

Discrimination and ratio of predicted to observed risk: QRISK2 and Framingham risk score by sex and ethnicity (95% CIs)

QRISK2 scoreFramingham CVD score
Men
Europeans, n=1359
 AUROC0.70 (0.66 to 0.74)0.71 (0.67 to 0.75)
 D statistic1.06 (0.82 to 1.30)1.13 (0.89 to 1.36)
 R2 statistic %21.1 (13.9 to 28.6)23.3 (15.9 to 30.8)
 Brier score0.11 (0.10 to 0.13)0.11 (0.10 to 0.12)
 Predicted: observed0.78 (0.72 to 0.85)0.99 (0.96 to 1.00)
South Asians, n=1076
 AUROC0.73 (0.69 to 0.77)0.73 (0.69 to 0.77)
 D statistic1.22 (0.99 to 1.45)1.23 (1.00 to 1.47)
 R2 statistic %26.3 (19.0 to 33.5)26.6 (19.2 to 33.9)
 Brier score0.14 (0.12 to 0.15)0.14 (0.12 to 0.15)
 Predicted: observed0.71 (0.64 to 0.78)0.93 (0.88 to 0.96)
African Caribbeans, n=307
 AUROC0.67 (0.57 to 0.77)0.63 (0.53 to 0.73)
 D statistic0.96 (0.32 to 1.59)0.80 (0.16 to 1.43)
 R2 statistic %17.9 (2.4 to 37.6)13.2 (0.7 to 32.8)
 Brier score0.063 (0.040 to 0.085)0.071 (0.052 to 0.091)
 Predicted: observed0.95 (0.80 to 1.00)1.52 (1.24 to 2.06)
All, n=2742
 AUROC0.72 (0.69 to 0.74)0.72 (0.69 to 0.75)
 D statistic1.20 (1.04 to 1.36)1.22 (1.06 to 1.38)
 R2 statistic %25.7 (20.6 to 30.8)26.2 (21.1 to 31.3)
 Brier score0.12 (0.11 to 0.13)0.12 (0.11 to 0.13)
 Predicted: observed0.75 (0.71 to 0.80)0.99 (0.97 to 1.00)
Women
Europeans, n=444
 AUROC0.75 (0.67 to 0.82)0.73 (0.65 to 0.80)
 D statistic1.33 (0.79 to 1.87)1.29 (0.75 to 1.83)
 R2 statistic %29.7 (12.9 to 45.5)28.5 (11.8 to 44.6)
 Brier score0.073 (0.046 to 0.10)0.074 (0.053 to 0.095)
 Predicted: observed0.73 (0.57 to 0.88)0.74 (0.57 to 0.88)
South Asians, n=241
 AUROC0.75 (0.66 to 0.84)0.77 (0.69 to 0.86)
 D statistic1.55 (0.91 to 2.19)1.59 (0.96 to 2.21)
 R2 statistic %36.4 (16.6 to 53.3)37.6 (18.1 to 53.9)
 Brier score0.10 (0.063 to 0.14)0.10 (0.073 to 0.13)
 Predicted: observed0.52 (0.34 to 0.72)0.43 (0.25 to 0.63)
African Caribbeans, n=247
 AUROC0.65 (0.54 to 0.76)0.62 (0.48 to 0.75)
 D statistic0.74 (0 to 1.63)0.68 (0 to 1.58)
 R2 statistic %11.6 (0.1 to 38.9)10.0 (0.04 to 37.2)
 Brier score0.066 (0.036 to 0.095)0.066 (0.036 to 0.096)
 Predicted: observed1.22 (1.04 to 1.84)1.24 (1.07 to 2.00)
All, n=932
 AUROC0.73 (0.68 to 0.78)0.72 (0.67 to 0.78)
 D statistic1.31 (0.94 to 1.68)1.30 (0.93 to 1.67)
 R2 statistic %29.1 (17.5 to 40.2)28.7 (17.1 to 39.9)
 Brier score0.078 (0.060 to 0.096)0.079 (0.061 to 0.096)
 Predicted: observed0.74 (0.63 to 84)0.70 (0.59 to 0.80)
  • AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristics curve; CVD, cardiovascular disease.