Clinical Interventions in Aging (Mar 2024)

Comparative Analysis of Three Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction Models in Individuals Aged 75 and Older

  • Wang Z,
  • Yang X,
  • Li L,
  • Zhang X,
  • Zhou W,
  • Chen S

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 19
pp. 529 – 538

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Zhang Wang,1 Xue Yang,1 Longxin Li,1 Xiaobo Zhang,2 Wenlin Zhou,1 Sixue Chen1 1Department of Geriatrics, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 2The Third People’s Hospital of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Mianyang, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Zhang Wang, Department of Geriatrics, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, No. 270 Rongdu Road, Chengdu, 610083, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-18981780413, Email [email protected]: To evaluate the performance of the Framingham cardiovascular risk score (FRS)/pooled cohort equations (PCE)/China prediction for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk (China-PAR model) in a prospective cohort of Chinese older adults.Patients and Methods: We assessed 717 older adults aged 75– 85 years without ASCVD at the baseline from the Sichuan province of China. The participants were followed annually from 2011 to 2021. We obtained the participants’ information through the medical records of physical examination and evaluated their 10-year ASCVD risk using FRS, PCE, and China-PAR. We further evaluated the predictive abilities of three assessment models.Results: During the 10-year follow-up, 206 participants developed ASCVD, with an incidence rate of 28.73%. The FRS and China-PAR moderately underestimated the risk of ASCVD (22.1% and 12.4%, respectively), but while PCE overestimated the risk (36.1%). FRS and China-PAR were found to underestimate the risk of ASCVD (26% and 63%, respectively) for men, while PCE overestimated the risk by 8%; For women, FRS and China-PAR were found to underestimate the risk of ASCVD (14% and 35%, respectively), while PCE overestimated the risk by 88%.Conclusion: The 10-year ASCVD risk was found to be overestimated by PCE. China-PAR had the most accurate predictions in women, while FRS was particularly well-calibrated in males. All three risk models have good discrimination, with FRS and PCE being well-calibrated in men and all three being well-calibrated in women. Therefore, accurate risk models are warranted to facilitate the prevention of ASCVD at the baseline among Chinese older adults.Keywords: ASCVD, risk prediction model, FRS, PCE, China-PAR

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