Table 5

Adjusted 1-year and 3-year HR or SHR (95% CI) for mortality and hospitalisation outcomes by the cardiovascular severity score category

OutcomeTraining datasetValidation dataset
No severityLow severityModerate severityHigh severityNo severityLow severityModerate severityHigh severity
1-year all-cause mortalityReference1.49 (1.22 to 1.81)3.03 (2.46 to 3.72)5.64 (4.44 to 7.15)Reference1.25 (0.87 to 1.80)2.62 (1.80 to 3.82)4.76 (3.06 to 7.40)
AUROC=0.7899AUROC=0.7881
3-year all-cause mortalityReference1.40 (1.26 to 1.54)2.90 (2.61 to 3.22)5.34 (4.71 to 6.04)Reference1.20 (1.00 to 1.45)2.17 (1.78 to 2.63)4.63 (3.67 to 5.84)
AUROC=0.7863AUROC=0.7857
1-year CV/diabetes mortalityReference1.58 (1.06 to 2.35)4.09 (2.73 to 6.11)9.38 (6.04 to 14.54)Reference1.12 (0.58 to 2.18)3.32 (1.69 to 6.49)6.53 (3.05 to 13.97)
AUROC=0.8003AUROC=0.7951
3-year CV/diabetes mortalityReference1.95 (1.53 to 2.48)5.46 (4.28 to 6.96)11.75 (9.00 to 15.33)Reference1.14 (0.78 to 1.68)2.96 (2.00 to 4.38)8.53 (5.54 to 13.12)
AUROC=0.8038AUROC=0.7953
1-year any hospitalisation*Reference1.62 (1.57 to 1.67)2.47 (2.38 to 2.56)3.47 (3.27 to 3.68)Reference1.65 (1.55 to 1.76)2.51 (2.33 to 2.70)3.31 (2.94 to 3.73)
AIC=992 385.1AIC=2 19 586.1
3-year any hospitalisation*Reference1.41 (1.38 to 1.44)2.10 (2.04 to 2.15)2.85 (2.73 to 2.99)Reference1.41 (1.35 to 1.47)2.05 (1.95 to 2.15)2.72 (2.48 to 2.97)
AIC=1 965 741AIC=4 33 770.1
1-year CV/diabetes hospitalisation*Reference2.11 (2.02 to 2.20)3.71 (3.54 to 3.89)5.51 (5.15 to 5.91)Reference2.15 (1.98 to 2.34)3.73 (3.39 to 4.10)5.26 (4.59 to 6.04)
AIC=6 99 933.1AIC=1 55 656.5
3-year CV/diabetes hospitalisation *Reference2.03 (1.97 to 2.10)3.79 (3.66 to 3.92)5.63 (5.34 to 5.92)Reference2.04 (1.92 to 2.17)3.73 (3.48 to 4.00)5.45 (4.93 to 6.03)
AIC=1 262 175AIC=280 208.9
  • Severity score categories: no severity: score=0 (referent category); low severity: score=1–2; moderate severity: score=3–4; high severity: score ≥5.

  • All results are adjusted for age, gender, IMD and ethnicity (model 2).

  • *SHR: subhazard ratio estimated for the competing risk models for risk for hospitalisation.

  • AIC, Akaike information criterion; AUROC, area under a Receiver Operating Characteristics curve; CV, cardiovascular; IMD, index of multiple deprivation.