What is Framingham Risk?
The Framingham risk is a well accepted tool for calculating risk of symptomatic coronary artery disease over the next 10 years. It is based on The Framingham Heart Study – a study of a large group of patients over 60 years and three generations. It uses easily measured factors – age, gender, total cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, and smoking history. The National Cholesterol Education Panel has guidelines for cholesterol levels that are based on level of risk.
Related Questions
- In DCCT MS5exprt, FSCORE00 is Framingham risk score for coronary heart disease (chd; see Anderson et al., 1991: PMID: 1999037). How is it scored?
- Are the Framingham and PROCAM coronary heart disease risk functions applicable to different European populations?
- How well does the EndoPAT™ correlate with conventional cardiovascular risk factors (Framingham Risk Score)?
