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Table 5 10-year CVD risk score comparisons by sex and age groupa

From: Cardiometabolic risk in a population of older adults with multiple co-morbidities in rural south africa: the HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: longitudinal studies of INDEPTH communities) study

Age

Number (N)

Harvard Risk Score [29] (%)

Pooled Cohort Risk Equations (ASCVD) [27] (%)

Framingham 2008 [28] (%)

WOMEN

Aggregate

2239

9.6

7.7

9.7

40–44

273

2.3

1.3

3.9

45–54

667

5.2

3.6

7.1

55–64

708

10.0

7.0

10.9

65–74

591

17.6

15.0

13.8

MEN

Aggregate

1964

13.4

12.5

15.3

40–44

241

3.8

4.8

5.8

45–54

508

7.3

7.6

9.6

55–64

659

14.2

13.1

16.5

65–74

556

22.0

18.3

21.6

TOTAL

Aggregate

4203

11.3

9.9

12.2

40–44

514

3.0

2.8

4.7

45–54

1175

6.1

5.2

8.1

55–64

1367

12.0

10.4

13.5

65–74

1147

19.7

16.6

17.6

  1. aExcludes persons ≥ 75 years or BMI < 7 or BMI > 100 kg/m2 or DBP > 120 mmHg.