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Table 1. Accuracy of Different Measures of Coronary Heart Disease Risk
| Test |
Area under ROC Curvea
(±SD) |
| Framingham-based global
risk assessment |
0.85 (±0.02) |
| NCEP ATP IIb |
0.74 (±0.03) |
| TC/HDL ratioc |
0.72 (±0.04) |
| TC alone |
0.68 (±0.03) |
[a] ROC
indicates receiver operating characteristic; data from Grover et al. (22)
[b] National Cholesterol Education Program, Adult Treatment Panel II.
[c] TC indicates total cholesterol. HDL indicates high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
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