Risk assessment tools have been developed globally to aid in managing cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). This study assessed population-specific risk tools on cardiovascular patients in Trinidad and Tobago (T after stratifying based on age group, sex and area-type, chi-square tests of independence were conducted. The sample comprised 151 CVD patients (mean age: 58.8 ± 10.8 years, 76% males) from each administrative region in T non-significant sex differences were observed with the other tools (WHO: p = 0.190, Globorisk: p = 0.863). No significant differences were found for area type (WHO: p = 0.519, HEARTS: p = 0.156, Globorisk: p = 0.796). HEARTS had the best performance, though demographic differences were noted. It is recommended that future studies apply these tools to local prospective data from the general population to illuminate the status of CVD at the national level.
Ramkhelawan et al. (Tue,) studied this question.