The validity of the Framingham risk scores as measures of vascular risk was supported in our study, as they strongly predicted incidence of subsequent (manifest) vascular disease. Age- and sex-adjusted odds ratio for 10% increment in risk was 2.84 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.66–4.88) for the stroke risk score-incident stroke association and 2.25 (95% CI 1.92–2.65) for the CHD risk score-incident CHD association. The corresponding odds ratios for the associations of CVD risk score with stroke and CHD were 1.34 (95% CI 1.11–1.62) and 2.14 (95% CI 1.85–2.48), respectively.
risk
increment
10%
%
stroke risk score-incident stroke association
Age- and sex-adjusted odds ratio
2.84
confidence interval [CI]
95%
%
stroke risk score-incident stroke association
Age- and sex-adjusted odds ratio
1.66–4.88
CHD risk score-incident CHD association
Age- and sex-adjusted odds ratio
2.25
CI
95%
%
CHD risk score-incident CHD association
Age- and sex-adjusted odds ratio
1.92–2.65
CVD
odds ratios
1.34
CI
95%
%
CVD
odds ratios
1.11–1.62
CHD
odds ratios
2.14
CI
95%
%
CHD
odds ratios
1.85–2.48