Construction and Validation of a 14-Year Cardiovascular Risk Score for Use in the General Population: The Puras-GEVA Chart

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Title: Construction and Validation of a 14-Year Cardiovascular Risk Score for Use in the General Population: The Puras-GEVA Chart
Authors: Artigao-Ródenas, Luis Miguel | Carbayo-Herencia, Julio Antonio | Palazón Bru, Antonio | Divisón-Garrote, Juan Antonio | Sanchis-Domènech, Carlos | Vigo, Isabel | Gil Guillén, Vicente
Research Group/s: Geodesia Espacial y Dinámica Espacial | Métodos Estadístico-Matemáticos para el Tratamiento de Datos de Observación de la Tierra (MEMOT)
Center, Department or Service: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Matemática Aplicada
Keywords: Cardiovascular risk | Cardiovascular disease | Puras-GEVA Chart
Knowledge Area: Matemática Aplicada
Issue Date: Nov-2015
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health
Citation: Medicine. 2015, 94(47): e1980. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000001980
Abstract: The current cardiovascular risk tables are based on a 10-year period and therefore, do not allow for predictions in the short or medium term. Thus, we are unable to take more aggressive therapeutic decisions when this risk is very high. To develop and validate a predictive model of cardiovascular disease (CVD), to enable calculation of risk in the short, medium and long term in the general population. Cohort study with 14 years of follow-up (1992–2006) was obtained through random sampling of 342,667 inhabitants in a Spanish region. Main outcome: time-to-CVD. The sample was randomly divided into 2 parts [823 (80%), construction; 227 (20%), validation]. A stepwise Cox model was constructed to determine which variables at baseline (age, sex, blood pressure, etc) were associated with CVD. The model was adapted to a points system and risk groups based on epidemiological criteria (sensitivity and specificity) were established. The risk associated with each score was calculated every 2 years up to a maximum of 14. The estimated model was validated by calculating the C-statistic and comparison between observed and expected events. In the construction sample, 76 patients experienced a CVD during the follow-up (82 cases per 10,000 person-years). Factors in the model included sex, diabetes, left ventricular hypertrophy, occupational physical activity, age, systolic blood pressure × heart rate, number of cigarettes, and total cholesterol. Validation yielded a C-statistic of 0.886 and the comparison between expected and observed events was not significant (P: 0.49–0.75). We constructed and validated a scoring system able to determine, with a very high discriminating power, which patients will develop a CVD in the short, medium, and long term (maximum 14 years). Validation studies are needed for the model constructed.
Sponsor: This study has been partially funded by: 1) The Community Board of Castilla-La Mancha, Regional Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Order of July 3rd, 1992 and Order of September 14th, 1993, both published in Diario Oficial de Castilla-La Mancha, DOCM); 2) Grant from the Foundation for Health Research in Castilla-La Mancha (FISCAM), file number 03069–00.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/51949
ISSN: 0025-7974 (Print) | 1536-5964 (Online)
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000001980
Language: eng
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Rights: © 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License 4.0, where it is permissible to download, share and reproduce the work in any medium, provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially.
Peer Review: si
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000001980
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