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Table 3 Discrimination and calibration statistics for diabetes risk model performance in subgroups of participants by gender, age and body mass index (BMI)

From: Independent external validation and comparison of prevalent diabetes risk prediction models in a mixed-ancestry population of South Africa

Models

 

Male

Female

Age < 60 years

Age ≥ 60 years

BMI < 25 kg/m2

BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

Cambridge Diabetes Risk Score [17]

E/O (95 % CI)

2.30 (1.21−3.37)

1.71 (1.00−1.41)

1.57 (0.71−2.44)

2.10 (1.51−2.69)

1.08 (0.55−1.61)

1.96 (1.30−2.63)

Brier score

0.195

0.192

0.151

0.282

0.102

0.230

Yates slope

0.373

0.384

0.368

0.384

0.450

0.368

C-statistic (95 % CI)

0.67 (0.56−0.78)

0.67 (0.62−0.73)

0.66 (0.60−0.72)

0.65 (0.56−0.73)

0.69 (0.58−0.79)

0.64 (0.59−0.70)

Kuwaiti Risk Score [18]

E/O (95 % CI)

0.73 (0.40−1.06)

0.72 (0.34−1.10)

0.73 (0.37−1.10)

0.71 (0.32−1.11)

0.33 (0.20−0.46)

0.81 (0.43−1.19)

Brier score

0.112

0.149

0.121

0.186

0.097

0.159

Yates slope

0.588

0.468

0.476

0.449

0.890

0.468

C-statistic (95 % CI)

0.70 (0.58−0.82)

0.67 (0.61−0.72)

0.67 (0.61−0.74)

0.65 (0.57−0.73)

0.61 (0.51−0.72)

0.66 (0.60−0.71)

Omani Diabetes Risk Score [19]

E/O (95 % CI)

1.33 (0.45−2.20)

1.32 (0.65−2.00)

1.26 (0.53−1.99)

1.40 (0.60−2.20)

1.16 (0.41−1.92)

1.36 (0.71−2.01)

Brier score

0.137

0.173

0.140

0.221

0.096

0.194

Yates slope

0.347

0.399

0.393

0.296

0.620

0.304

C-statistic (95 % CI)

0.62 (0.49−0.74)

0.66 (0.61−0.71)

0.66 (0.60−0.71)

0.60 (0.52−0.68)

0.71 (0.61−0.82)

0.61 (0.56−0.67)

Rotterdam Predictive Model 1 [20]

E/O (95 % CI)

0.84 (−0.38−2.06)

0.48 (0.45−0.93)

0.52 (0.44−0.96)

0.49 (0.39−0.88)

0.72 (0.34−1.06)

0.51 (0.45−0.96)

Brier score

0.117

0.155

0.125

0.199

0.096

0.168

Yates slope

0.913

1.154

1.135

0.838

0.791

0.886

C-statistic (95 % CI)

0.62 (0.49−0.75)

0.66 (0.60−0.72)

0.62 (0.55−0.69)

0.61 (0.52−0.69)

0.61 (0.50−0.72)

0.63 (0.57−0.69)

Simplified Finnish Diabetes Risk score [21]

E/O (95 % CI)

0.22 (0.09−0.35)

0.32 (0.18−0.45)

0.34 (0.18−0.50)

0.26 (0.14−0.37)

0.11 (0.06−0.15)

0.34 (0.21−0.48)

Brier score

0.128

0.162

0.128

0.213

0.103

0.176

Yates slope

0.538

0.591

0.487

0.608

1.345

0.562

C-statistic (95 % CI)

0.70 (0.59−0.81)

0.66 (0.60−0.71)

0.64 (0.58−0.71)

0.67 (0.60−0.75)

0.77 (0.69−0.86)

0.62 (0.57−0.68)