The clinical performance of an office-based risk scoring system for fatal cardiovascular diseases in North-East of Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are becoming major causes of death in developing countries. Risk scoring systems for CVD are needed to prioritize allocation of limited resources. Most of these risk score algorithms have been based on a long array of risk factors including blood markers of lipids. However, risk scoring systems that solely use office-based data, not including laboratory markers, may be advantageous. In the current analysis, we validated the office-based Framingham risk scoring system in Iran.

Methods

The study used data from the Golestan Cohort in North-East of Iran. The following risk factors were used in the development of the risk scoring method: sex, age, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, hypertension treatment, current smoking, and diabet

SUBMITTER: Sepanlou SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4444120 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature