“…The laboratory model is based on 6 variables (presence of diabetes mellitus, age, sex, smoking status, sBP, and total cholesterol), and predicts five risk categories (5 to <10 %, 10 to <20 %, 20 % to <30 %, 30 to <40 %, and ≥40 %). In this study, the participants were categorized as low (<10 %), intermediate (10 to <20 %), and high (≥20 %) risk [ 12 , 20 , 21 ].…”