Table 5 Percentage of patients with a cardiovascular disease risk score ⩾20% by sex and Townsend fifth (first fifth is the most affluent and fifth fifth the most deprived) in patients aged 35–74 years estimated using Framingham and QRISK

Townsend fifth	QRISK equation		Framingham equation
Townsend fifth	In QRESEARCH validation cohort	In THIN validation cohort	In QRESEARCH validation cohort	In THIN validation cohort
Women
First	2.75	2.07	4.51	3.58
Second	3.55	3.23	4.74	4.39
Third	4.64	4.26	5.20	5.00
Fourth	6.83	6.08	6.18	5.81
Fifth	8.67	8.64	6.21	6.34

Men
First	9.34	7.79	20.30	18.61
Second	9.85	9.60	20.09	20.52
Third	10.55	10.04	19.96	20.04
Fourth	11.96	11.60	20.42	21.04
Fifth	12.1	12.75	19.32	21.10
Total	7.99	7.04	12.63	12.31

Patients receiving statins at baseline have been excluded.