Association between change in cardiovascular risk scores and future cardiovascular disease: analyses of data from the Whitehall II longitudinal, prospective cohort study.
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SUBMITTER: Lindbohm JV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8474012 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
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Association between change in cardiovascular risk scores and future cardiovascular disease: analyses of data from the Whitehall II longitudinal, prospective cohort study.
Lindbohm Joni V JV Sipilä Pyry N PN Mars Nina N Knüppel Anika A Pentti Jaana J Nyberg Solja T ST Frank Philipp P Ahmadi-Abhari Sara S Brunner Eric J EJ Shipley Martin J MJ Singh-Manoux Archana A Tabak Adam G AG Batty G David GD Kivimäki Mika M
The Lancet. Digital health 20210701 7
<h4>Background</h4>Evaluation of cardiovascular disease risk in primary care, which is recommended every 5 years in middle-aged and older adults (typical age range 40-75 years), is based on risk scores, such as the European Society of Cardiology Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) and American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) algorithms. This evaluation currently uses only the most recent risk factor assessment. We aimed to e ...[more]
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