World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts: revised models to estimate risk in 21 global regions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and illustrate revised risk models. Here, we report the derivation, validation, and illustration of the revised WHO cardiovascular disease risk prediction charts that have been adapted to the circumstances of 21 global regions.

Methods

In this model revision initiative, we derived 10-year risk prediction models for fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease (ie, myocardial infarction and stroke) using individual participant data from the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. Models included information on age, smoking status, systolic blood pressure, history of diabetes, and total cholesterol. For derivation, we

SUBMITTER: WHO CVD Risk Chart Working Group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7025029 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature