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Table 3 Coverage and detection of high cardiovascular risk populations for various screening strategies

From: Identification of effective screening strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention in a developing country: using cardiovascular risk-estimation and risk-reduction tools for policy recommendations

 

Targeted screening

Universal

 

≥ age 50

≥ age 45

≥ age 40

≥ age 35

screening

Overall

     

Coverage of population

46.72

58.06

70.13

84.47

100.00

Coverage of high risk population

94.39

98.71

99.82

100.00

100.00

% of high risk individuals - among those screened

53.97

45.42

38.02

31.62

26.71

NNS to detect 1 high risk individual (no.)

1.85

2.20

2.63

3.16

3.74

Males

     

Coverage of population

44.36

56.32

68.82

83.95

100.00

Coverage of high risk population

92.60

98.22

99.75

100.00

100.00

% of high risk individuals - among those screened

72.41

60.50

50.28

41.32

34.69

NNS to detect 1 high risk individual (no.)

1.38

1.65

1.99

2.42

2.88

Females

     

Coverage of population

49.03

59.76

71.41

84.98

100.00

Coverage of high risk population

97.61

99.58

99.99

100.00

100.00

% of high risk individuals - among those screened

37.59

31.47

26.43

22.22

18.88

NNS to detect 1 high risk individual (no.)

2.66

3.18

3.78

4.50

5.30

  1. All data are in percentage (%) unless otherwise stated.
  2. NNS numbers needed to screen.