Evaluating the performance of the Framingham risk equations in a population with diabetes

• Published in: Diabetic medicine Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 318 - 323
• Main Authors: McEwan, P., Williams, J. E., Griffiths, J. D., Bagust, A., Peters, J. R., Hopkinson, P., Currie, C. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.04.2004; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cholesterol, HDL - blood; Coronary Disease - etiology; Coronary heart disease; diabetes; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; Diabetic Angiopathies - etiology; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinopathies; equations; Female; Framingham; Heart; heart disease; Humans; Male; Mathematics; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Predictive Value of Tests; Reproducibility of Results; risk; Risk Assessment - methods; ROC Curve; Endocrinopathy; Performance evaluation; equations; Diabetes mellitus; heart disease; Risk factor; Framingham; Cardiovascular disease; risk; Coronary heart disease; diabetes

Aims  The Framingham risk equations are widely used to estimate risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of these equations in predicting CHD risk in people with diabetes and the reliability of using imputed mean HDL‐cholesterol values. Methods ...