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Item Cost analysis and comparison of two global cardiovascular risk scores in hypertensive patients at Mafikeng provincial hospital: a preliminary exploratory study(2018) Mbuilu, Jody PukutaA preliminary study was done where South African Hypertension guideline risk score was compare with the WHO Cardiovascular risk score (for Southern Africa). At Mafikeng Provincial hospital 130 hypertensive patients were assessed using both scoring algorithms. Ninety (69%) of the 130 patients were high risk. The WHO risk score was able to classify 84 (93%) of the high risk patients by SA risk calculator also as high risk and 36 (90%) of the 40 low risk patients also as low risk. The WHO risk calculator has a sensitivity of 93% and a specificity of 90% with 89% accuracy.