Percentage of 10-year cardiovascular events occurring in high-risk category (top 20% for continuous variables) (Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort). Sexes combined.
| Variable | % Age of 10-year events in baseline high-risk category | |
| % High risk | ||
| Continuous | ||
| Age | 20.0 | 36.5 |
| Systolic blood pressure | 20.0 | 36.0 |
| Cigarettes ≥20/day* | 21.9 | 32.4 |
| HDL-cholesterol† | 20.0 | 30.9 |
| SIMD | 20.0 | 29.0 |
| Total cholesterol | 20.0 | 28.0 |
| Binary | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | 1.4 | 3.8 |
| Age ≥55 years | 26.2 | 44.8 |
| Male sex | 49.2 | 63.8 |
| Positive family history | 29.6 | 38.9 |
| Score | ||
| ASSIGN top 20%10 | 20.0 | 46.3 |
| ASSIGN score ≥2010 | 16.0 | 41.6 |
| Framingham top 20%9 10 ‡ | 20.0 | 45.6 |
| Framingham score ≥209 ‡ | 20.8 | 49.2 |
| Denominator | 13297 | 1165 |
(QRISK algorithms not available for comparison).
↵* Highest 20% falls in the middle of 20 per day so all of these included.
↵† Lowest 20%, not highest, for high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol.
↵‡ Framingham cardiovascular score (several Framingham scores exist).
SIMD, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.