Table 3

Comparison of nomograms in risk reclassification

NomogramsContinuous NRI, %Categorical NRI, %IDI, %
Estimate (95% CI)P valueEstimate (95% CI)P valueEstimate (95% CI)P value
Comparison 1
Nomogram I: conventional vascular risk factors only*Ref.<0.001Ref.0.015Ref.0.009
Nomogram III: the D2H2A nomogram†70.89 (30.84 to 110.94)25.11 (4.83 to 45.39)5.18 (1.29 to 9.08)
Comparison 2
Nomogram II: conventional vascular risk factors* + severity of luminal stenosis in sICASRef.<0.001Ref.0.015Ref.0.014
Nomogram III: the D2H2A nomogram†71.56 (29.52 to 113.59)25.11 (4.83 to 45.39)4.73 (0.96 to 8.5)
  • *Conventional vascular risk factors included age ≥50 years, diabetes, dyslipidaemia and hypertension.

  • †The D2H2A nomogram incorporated diabetes, dyslipidaemia, haemodynamic status of sICAS, hypertension and age ≥50 years.

  • IDI, integrated discrimination improvement; NRI, net reclassification improvement; sICAS, symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis.