title: Comparison of the Framingham Risk Score, UKPDS Risk Engine, and SCORE for Predicting Carotid Atherosclerosis and Peripheral Arterial Disease in Korean Type 2 Diabetic Patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To compare the predictability of the Framingham Risk Score (FRS), United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) risk engine, and the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) for carotid atherosclerosis and peripheral arterial disease in Korean type 2 diabetic patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Among 1,275 registered type 2 diabetes patients in the health center, 621 subjects with type 2 diabetes participated in the study. Well-trained examiners measured the carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), carotid plaque, and ankle brachial index (ABI). The subject's 10-year risk of coronary heart disease was calculated according to the FRS, UKPDS, and SCORE risk scores. These three risk scores were compared to the areas under the curve (AUC).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The odds ratios (ORs) of all risk scores increased as the quartiles increased for plaque, IMT, and ABI. For plaque and IMT, the UKPDS risk score provided the highest OR (95% confidence interval) at 3.82 (2.36, 6.17) and at 6.21 (3.37, 11.45). For ABI, the SCORE risk estimation provided the highest OR at 7.41 (3.20, 17.18). However, no significant difference was detected for plaque, IMT, or ABI (P = 0.839, 0.313, and 0.113, respectively) when the AUCs of the three risk scores were compared. When we graphed the Kernel density distribution of these three risk scores, UKPDS had a higher distribution than FRS and SCORE.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No significant difference was observed when comparing the predictability of the FRS, UKPDS risk engine, and SCORE risk estimation for carotid atherosclerosis and peripheral arterial disease in Korean type 2 diabetic patients.
authors: Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
authors: Hye-Ran
authors: HR
authors: Ahn
authors: Min-Ho
authors: MH
authors: Shin
authors: Woo-Jun
authors: WJ
authors: Yun
authors: Hye-Yeon
authors: HY
authors: Kim
authors: Young-Hoon
authors: YH
authors: Lee
authors: Sun-Seog
authors: SS
authors: Kweon
authors: Jung-Ae
authors: JA
authors: Rhee
authors: Jin-Su
authors: JS
authors: Choi
authors: Seong-Woo
authors: SW
authors: Choi