Table 1 Descriptions of the ten-year cardiovascular risks and prioritisation strategies used in this paper
Label for strategy | Risk factors | Strategy |
|---|---|---|
Clinical CVD risk | Age, sex, diabetic status, antihypertensive treatment status, smoking status. Clinically estimated blood pressure (mean of two measurements), total cholesterol, and HDL cholesterol. | Highest risk first |
Semi-complete data | Age, sex, diabetic status, antihypertensive treatment status, smoking status and clinically estimated blood pressure (one measurement) | Highest risk first |
Minimum data | Age, sex, diabetic status, antihypertensive treatment status. | Highest risk first |
NSF-CHD | Diabetic status, antihypertensive treatment status | Hypertensive diabetics, then diabetics, hypertensives & others |
Age | Age | Oldest first |