The prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography amongst British Indian Asian and Afro-Caribbean patients: a comparison with European white patients

Table 4 C-statistic for risk factors alone and for risk factors plus dobutamine stress test results to predict non-fatal cardiac events and all-cause mortality

Ethnic Group	Non-fatal cardiac event			All-cause mortality
	C-statistic for risk factors alone	C-statistic for risk factors plus DSE test results	P value	C-statistic for risk factors alone	C-statistic for risk factors plus DSE test results	P value
Afro-Caribbean	0.67	0.74	0.009	0.6	0.72	0.004
European White	0.68	0.76	<0.001	0.61	0.72	<0.001
Indian Asian	0.64	0.74	<0.001	0.57	0.69	<0.001
Total	0.64	0.74	<0.001	0.61	0.68	<0.001

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