Table 4

Agreement and correlation of 10-year CVD risk algorithms across the entire study population, AWI-Gen baseline data

WHO-CVD (lab)WHO-CVD (office)Globorisk (lab)Globorisk (office)Framingham (lab)
Framingham (office)
kappa (95% CI)0.03 (0.03–0.04)**0.04 (0.04–0.05)*0.41 (0.39–0.43)**0.52 (0.51–0.55)**0.52 (0.51–0.54)**
Spearman’s correlation0.28**0.32**0.64**0.70**0.70**
Framingham (lab)
kappa (95% CI)0.08 (0.07–0.93)**0.12 (0.11–0.13)**0.55 (0.53–0.57)*0.52 (0.50–0.54)**
Spearman’s correlation0.32**0.36**0.66**0.64**
Globorisk (office)
kappa (95% CI)0.10 (0.09–0.12)**0.12 (0.10–0.13)**0.64 (0.62–0.67)*
Spearman’s correlation0.32**0.40**0.74**
Globorisk (lab)
kappa (95% CI)0.12 (0.11–0.14)**0.18 (0.16–0.20)**
Spearman’s correlation0.38**0.42**
WHO-CVD (office)
kappa (95% CI)0.58 (0.52–0.63)**
Spearman’s correlation0.61**
kappa agreement<0.4 (poor)0.41–0.60 (moderate)0.61–0.80 (substantial)
  • *p<0.05; **p<0.0001.

  • AWI-GEN, Africa-Wits-INDEPTH partnership for Genomic studies; CVD, cardiovascular disease.