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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2007; 50:1867-1875, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2007.08.003 (Published online 22 October 2007).
© 2007 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation
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External Prognostic Validations and Comparisons of Age- and Gender-Adjusted Exercise Capacity Predictions

Esther S.H. Kim, MD, MPH*, Hemant Ishwaran, PhD{dagger}, Eugene Blackstone, MD, FACC{dagger},{ddagger} and Michael S. Lauer, MD, FACC, FAHA*,{dagger},§,*

* Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
{dagger} Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
{ddagger} Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
§ Division of Prevention and Population Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.


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Figure 1 Actual Versus Predicted 10-Year Survival Rates in Men

For this calibration plot based on the Veterans Affairs referral nomogram of predicted exercise capacity, patients were divided into quintiles of predicted risk, and 100 bootstrap resamplings were performed. The difference between actual and predicted Kaplan-Meier 10-year death rates was small across all levels of risk.

 

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Figure 2 Mortality in Men by Ability to Achieve ≥85% Predicted METs

Failure to achieve 85% of predicted exercise capacity with the VA referral nomogram in men predicted substantially higher death rates. MET = metabolic equivalent.

 

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Figure 3 Mortality in Women by Ability to Achieve ≥85% Predicted METs

Failure to achieve 85% of predicted exercise capacity with the St. James Take Heart Project nomogram in women predicted substantially higher death rates. MET = metabolic equivalent.

 

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Figure 4 Multivariable Adjusted 10-Year Survival Probability in Men on the Basis of Percent Pr METs and Age

All variables listed in Table 1 were used as covariates to predict survival probability. Continuous variables are considered as medians, whereas categorical variables are considered as modes. Dotted lines refer to 95% confidence intervals. There is a significant age interaction where percent predicted (Pr) metabolic equivalents (METs) achieved during stress testing predicts mortality in a different manner on the basis of age with the VA referral nomogram in men (p < 0.001).

 

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Figure 5 Multivariable Adjusted 10-Year Survival Probability in Women on the Basis of Percent Pr METs and Age

All variables listed in Table 1 were used as covariates to predict survival probability. Continuous variables are considered as medians, whereas categorical variables are considered as modes. Dotted lines refer to 95% confidence intervals. There is a significant age interaction where percent Pr METs achieved during stress testing predicts mortality in a different manner on the basis of age with the Gulati nomogram in women (p = 0.003). Abbreviations as in Figure 4.

 




 
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