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Results of a Multiple Ethnic Groups Investigation

Ralph B. D'Agostino, Sr, PhD; Scott Grundy, MD,PhD; Lisa M. Sullivan, PhD; Peter Wilson, MD; for the CHD Risk Prediction Group

JAMA. 2001;286:180-187.

Context  The Framingham Heart Study produced sex-specific coronary heart disease (CHD) prediction functions for assessing risk of developing incident CHD in a white middle-class population. Concern exists regarding whether these functions can be generalized to other populations.

Objective  To test the validity and transportability of the Framingham CHD prediction functions per a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute workshop organized for this purpose.

Design, Setting, and Subjects  Sex-specific CHD functions were derived from Framingham data for prediction of coronary death and myocardial infarction. These functions were applied to 6 prospectively studied, ethnically diverse cohorts (n = 23 424), including whites, blacks, Native Americans, Japanese American men, and Hispanic men: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (1987-1988), Physicians' Health Study (1982), Honolulu Heart Program (1980-1982), Puerto Rico Heart Health Program (1965-1968), Strong Heart Study (1989-1991), and Cardiovascular Health Study (1989-1990).

Main Outcome Measures  The performance, or ability to accurately predict CHD risk, of the Framingham functions compared with the performance of risk functions developed specifically from the individual cohorts' data. Comparisons included evaluation of the equality of relative risks for standard CHD risk factors, discrimination, and calibration.

Results  For white men and women and for black men and women the Framingham functions performed reasonably well for prediction of CHD events within 5 years of follow-up. Among Japanese American and Hispanic men and Native American women, the Framingham functions systematically overestimated the risk of 5-year CHD events. After recalibration, taking into account different prevalences of risk factors and underlying rates of developing CHD, the Framingham functions worked well in these populations.

Conclusions  The sex-specific Framingham CHD prediction functions perform well among whites and blacks in different settings and can be applied to other ethnic groups after recalibration for differing prevalences of risk factors and underlying rates of CHD events.

Author Affiliations: Departments of Mathematics and Statistics (Drs D'Agostino and Sullivan) and Medicine (Dr Wilson), Boston University, Boston, Mass; the Framingham Study, Framingham, Mass (Drs D'Agostino, Sullivan, and Wilson); and Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (Dr Grundy).

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