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Cardiovascular risk estimation in older persons: SCORE O.P

Cooney, Marie Therese, Selmer, Randi, Lindman, Anja, Tverdal, Aage, Menotti, Alessandro, Thomsen, Troels, DeBacker, Guy, De Bacquer, Dirk +3 more·2016·European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

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AIMS: Estimation of cardiovascular disease risk, using SCORE (Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation) is recommended by European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention. Risk estimation is inaccurate in older people. We hypothesized that this may be due to the assumption, inherent in current risk estimation systems, that risk factors function similarly in all age groups. We aimed to derive and validate a risk estimation function, SCORE O.P., solely from data from individuals aged 65 years and older. METHODS AND RESULTS: 20,704 men and 20,121 women, aged 65 and over and without pre-existing coronary disease, from four representative, prospective studies of the general population were included. These were Italian, Belgian and Danish studies (from original SCORE dataset) and the CONOR (Cohort of Norway) study. The variables which remained statistically significant in Cox proportional hazards model and were included in the SCORE O.P. model were: age, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, smoking status and diabetes. SCORE O.P. showed good discrimination; area under receiver operator characteristic curve (AUROC) 0.74 (95% confidence interval: 0.73 to 0.75). Calibration was also reasonable, Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness of fit test: 17.16 (men), 22.70 (women). Compared with the original SCORE function extrapolated to the ≥65 years age group discrimination improved, p = 0.05 (men), p < 0.001 (women). Simple risk charts were constructed. On simulated external validation, performed using 10-fold cross validation, AUROC was 0.74 and predicted/observed ratio was 1.02. CONCLUSION: SCORE O.P. provides improved accuracy in risk estimation in older people and may reduce excessive use of medication in this vulnerable population.

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Cooney, M. T., Selmer, R., Lindman, A., Tverdal, A., Menotti, A., Thomsen, T., DeBacker, G., De Bacquer, D., Tell, G. S., Njolstad, I., & Graham, I. M.
Affiliations
  • Trinity College Dublin (IE)
  • Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
  • Association of Cardiac Research, Rome, Italy
  • Glostrup Hospital (DK)
  • Ghent University (BE)
  • Department of Public Health, University of Ghent, Belgium
  • University of Bergen (NO)
  • University of Tromsø, Norway
Corresponding author
Graham, Ian M
Venue
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Published
2015-06-03
Volume
23
Issue
10
Pages
1093-1103
ISSN
  • 2047-4873 (ISSN-L)
  • 2047-4881
OpenAlex
W1930032053
Cited by
172
References
33
Citations by year
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FWCI
13.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
Keywords
cardiovascular risk prediction, older adults, coronary heart disease risk, risk prediction model, model validation, age-specific risk factors, cholesterol, blood pressure, smoking, diabetes mellitus, risk charts
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Belgium, Cardiovascular Diseases, Denmark, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Italy, Male, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, ROC Curve, Time Factors, Incidence, Risk Assessment

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