Variable ranking by their contribution to cardiovascular risk predictions
| Ranking | Variable | Importance |
| 1 | Age | 0.08666 |
| 2 | Smoking status | 0.062 |
| 3 | Height | 0.05601 |
| 4 | Average systolic blood pressure | 0.05274 |
| 5 | Smoking duration | 0.05246 |
| 6 | Sex | 0.05149 |
| 7 | Sugar control for 3 months | 0.03583 |
| 8 | Hip circumference | 0.03004 |
| 9 | Average diastolic blood pressure | 0.02795 |
| 10 | Serum triglyceride level | 0.02524 |
| 11 | Number of packs smoked a day | 0.02387 |
| 12 | History of hypertension | 0.02246 |
| 13 | Baseline insulin level | 0.0222 |
| 14 | Low density lipoprotein cholesterol | 0.022 |
| 15 | Fasting blood sugar | 0.02166 |
| 16 | Total cholesterol level | 0.0191 |
| 17 | Weight in 2007 | 0.01904 |
| 18 | Alcohol used at least once a week | 0.01901 |
| 19 | Waist in 2007 | 0.01798 |
| 20 | Body mass index in 2007 | 0.01788 |