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Table 4 Calculated CV risks and investigators’ CV risk assessments

From: Suboptimal control of lipid levels: results from the non-interventional Centralized Pan-Russian Survey of the Undertreatment of Hypercholesterolemia II (CEPHEUS II)

CV risk category

Primary calculation using central laboratory data (n = 2703)

Investigators’ assessments (n = 2703)

Low

2 (0.1)

34 (1.3)

Moderate

86 (3.2)

283 (10.5)

High

151 (5.6)

295 (10.9)

Very high

2464 (91.2)

1954 (72.3)

Missing

0 (0.0)

137 (5.1)

Difference between calculated CV risks and investigators’ CV risk assessments (n = 2566)*

 Underestimation by investigators

497 (19.4)

 Same estimation

2020 (78.7)

 Overestimation by investigators

49 (1.9)

  1. Numbers are n (%) and are for the full analysis set
  2. CV cardiovascular
  3. * p < 0.001 for the differences between assessed CV risks (McNemar’s test)