Table 1

Summary of risk factors in QStatin risk scores

Risk factor	Prediction model
	Acute renal failure	Cataract		Liver dysfunction	Myopathy
	Acute renal failure	Women	Men	Liver dysfunction	Women	Men
Statin user (yes/no)	X	X	X	X	X	X
Age (years)	X	X	X	X	X	X
Body mass index (kg/m²)	X	X	X	X		X
Self-assigned ethnicity^*		X	X	X	X	X
Smoking status^†	X	X	X	X
Townsend score (fifth)	X		X	X
Treated hypertension (yes/no)	X			X	X
Prescribed corticosteroids (yes/no)	X	X	X	X	X	X
Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (yes/no)	X	X	X	X	X
Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (yes/no)	X	X	X	X	X	X
Diagnosis of chronic liver disease (yes/no)					X
Diagnosis of hypothyroidism (yes/no)					X
Diagnosis of congestive cardiac failure (yes/no)	X
Diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (3b+) (yes/no)	X
Diagnosis of cardiovascular disease (yes/no)		X	X	X
Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (yes/no)		X		X
Diagnosis of atrial fibrillation (yes/no)		X	X

↵* Self-assigned ethnicity (white or not recorded, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, other Asian, Black African, Black Caribbean, Chinese, other including mixed).
↵† Smoking status (non-smoker, ex-smoker, light smoker (<10 cigarettes/day), moderate smoker (10–19 cigarettes/day), heavy smoker (≥20 cigarettes/day).