Cardiometabolic & kidneyCohort study
Simultaneous derivation, validation, and comparison of predictor hazard ratios for cardiovascular risk prediction equations in patients with diabetes from high versus non-high income countries: cohort study
- Population-based cohort study
- risk prediction model derivation and validation
Authors' conclusion
Applying a high income country derived CVD risk prediction equation to a population from a non-high income country with diabetes may introduce systematic errors, primarily driven by differences in the effect of age.
Study context
- Population
- People aged 30–74 years with diabetes and no cardiovascular disease (CVD), electronic health records, New Zealand and China
- Participants
- 47,958 vs 46,558
- Exposure
- NZ-derived vs China-derived 5-year CVD risk equations in diabetes
- New Zealandn = 47,958reference
- Chinan = 46,558
- Outcome
- First CVD events; predictor HRs compared between country-specific equations; performance of NZ equations in the Chinese cohort before and after recalibration and updating
- Follow-up
- 5 years
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
First CVD events; age HR in sex-specific equations
| Group | Value | Age HR, women (per 10 years) |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 11.7% | 1.61 (95% CI 1.51 to 1.71) |
Observational data: associations, not effects.
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Original publication
Simultaneous derivation, validation, and comparison of predictor hazard ratios for cardiovascular risk prediction equations in patients with diabetes from high versus non-high income countries: cohort study. BMJ. Published 11 September 2026. doi:10.1136/bmj-2026-100535
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it