Poor predictive ability of the risk chart SCORE in a Danish population

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Saidj, Madina ^a   Jørgensen, Torben ^a,b,c   Prescott, Eva ^d   Borglykke, Anders ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CALIBRATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84877337157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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