Does consideration of either psychological or material disadvantage improve coronary risk prediction? Prospective observational study of Scottish men.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the value of psychosocial risk factors in discriminating between individuals at higher and lower risk of coronary heart disease, using risk prediction equations.

Design

Prospective observational study.

Setting

Scotland.

Participants

5191 employed men aged 35 to 64 years and free of coronary heart disease at study enrollment

Main outcome measures

Area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves for risk prediction equations including different risk factors for coronary heart disease.

Results

During the first 10 years of follow up, 203 men died of coronary heart disease and a further 200 were admitted to hospital with this diagnosis. Area under the ROC curve for the standard Framingham coronary risk factors was 74.5%. Ad

SUBMITTER: Macleod J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2660009 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature