Table 5: Estimated probability and observed incidence of hypertension in the derivation and validation datasets.

Score range

Derivation dataset

Validation dataset

Non-HTN, n

HTN, n

Incidence, %*

No-HTN, n

HTN, n

Incidence, %*

< 359

132

14

9.6

140

10

6.7

359-459

272

54

16.6

272

42

13.4

> 459

119

57

32.4

121

63

34.2

Non-HTN: Non-hypertensive; HTN: Hypertensive; *: P for χ2trend < 0.001.