Validation and recalibration of the Framingham cardiovascular disease risk models in an Australian Indigenous cohort
Hua, Xinyang, McDermott, Robyn, Lung, Thomas, Wenitong, Mark, Tran-Duy, An, Li, Ming, and Clarke, Philip (2017) Validation and recalibration of the Framingham cardiovascular disease risk models in an Australian Indigenous cohort. European Journal of Preventative Cardiology, 24 (15). pp. 1660-1669.
|
PDF (Published Version)
- Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial. Download (343kB) | Preview |
Abstract
Background: In Australia, clinical guidelines for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease recommend the use of the Framingham model to help identify those at high risk of developing the disease. However, this model has not been validated for the Indigenous population.
Design: Cohort study.
Methods: Framingham models were applied to the Well Person's Health Check (WPHC) cohort (followed 1998-2014), which included 1448 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from remote Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland. Cardiovascular disease risk predicted by the original and recalibrated Framingham models were compared with the observed risk in the WPHC cohort.
Results: The observed five- and 10-year cardiovascular disease probability of the WPHC cohort was 10.0% (95% confidence interval (CI): 8.5-11.7) and 18.7% (95% CI: 16.7-21.0), respectively. The Framingham models significantly underestimated the cardiovascular disease risk for this cohort by around one-third, with a five-year cardiovascular disease risk estimate of 6.8% (95% CI: 6.4-7.2) and 10-year risk estimates of 12.0% (95% CI: 11.4-12.6) and 14.2% (95% CI: 13.5-14.8). The original Framingham models showed good discrimination ability (C-statistic of 0.67) but a significant lack of calibration ((2) between 82.56 and 134.67). After recalibration the 2008 Framingham model corrected the underestimation and improved the calibration for five-year risk prediction ((2) of 18.48).
Conclusions: The original Framingham models significantly underestimate the absolute cardiovascular disease risk for this Australian Indigenous population. The recalibrated 2008 Framingham model shows good performance on predicting five-year cardiovascular disease risk in this population and was used to calculate the first risk chart based on empirical validation using long-term follow-up data from a remote Australian Indigenous population.
| Item ID: | 51526 |
|---|---|
| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 2047-4881 |
| Keywords: | cardiovascular disease, risk prediction, survival analysis, Indigenous population |
| Additional Information: | Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) |
| Funders: | Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, Australian Government's Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development Strategy, National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) |
| Projects and Grants: | NHMRC 1107140 |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2017 07:35 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology > 320199 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology not elsewhere classified @ 34% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420319 Primary health care @ 33% 45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4504 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing > 450406 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander epidemiology @ 33% |
| Downloads: |
Total: 980 Last 12 Months: 4 |
| More Statistics |
Actions (Repository Staff Only)
 |
Item Control Page |