Abstract 17098: Evaluation of a Non-laboratory-based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Score in Predicting Cardiovascular Mortality in the Southern Community Cohort Study

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction guides clinical recommendations regarding primary prevention strategies. Recently, a non-laboratory-based CVD risk score was derived and validated in several populations. We evaluated the performance of the non-laboratory CVD risk score among individuals of low socioeconomic status in the southeastern US, with high CVD incidence rates. Methods: The Southern Community Cohort Study (SCCS) is a prospective cohort study of black and white adults enrolled primarily from community health centers in the southeastern US between 2002-2009. We calculated c-statistics and 95% confidence intervals (CI) to assess the performance of the non-laboratory risk score in discriminating 5- year risk of CVD death (ICD-10 I00-I99) in 14,243 participants (median enrollment age 51 yrs; 74% black, 71% female, 61% income < $15,000 yr) with no history of MI/CABG or stroke at baseline and with complete data on all input variables (age, sex, smoking, diabetes mellitus, reporte...