Table 4

Risk stratification improvement with the addition of the ECG risk score to the baseline clinical risk model

Baseline modelBaseline model+ECG risk score
<5%5%–20%>20%Total
<5%
 No. of subjects
 (% of all subjects)
5853 (85.7)141 (2.1)4 (0.1)5998 (87.8)
 No. of subjects with SCDs
 (% of all subjects with SCDs)
44 (36)11 (8.9)1 (0.8)56 (45.6)
 No. of subjects without SCD
 (% of all subjects without SCDs)
5809 (86.6)130 (1.9)3 (0.0)5942 (88.6)
 5%–20%
 No. of subjects
 (% of all subjects)
244 (3.6)409 (6.0)73 (1.1)726 (10.6)
 No. of subjects with SCDs
 (% of all subjects with SCDs)
8 (6.5)36 (29.3)14 (11.4)58 (47.2)
 No. of subjects without SCD
 (% of all subjects without SCDs)
236 (3.5)373 (5.6)59 (0.9)668 (10.0)
 >20%
 No. of subjects
 (% of all subjects)
0 (0)36 (0.5)70 (1.0)106 (1.6)
 No. of subjects with SCDs
 (% of all subjects with SCDs)
0 (0)4 (3.3)5 (4.1)9 (7.3)
 No. of subjects without SCD
 (% of all subjects without SCDs)
0 (0)32 (0.5)65 (1.0)97 (1.4)
 Total
 No. of subjects
 (% of all subjects)
6097 (89.3)586 (8.6)147 (2.2)
 No. of subjects with SCDs
 (% of all subjects with SCDs)
52 (42.3)51 (41.5)20 (16.3)
 No. of subjects without SCD
 (% of all subjects without SCDs)
6045 (90.1)535 (8.0)127 (1.9)
  • SCD, sudden cardiac death.