How Do I Use the SCORE Charts to Assess Total CVD Risk in Asymptomatic Persons?
• Use the low risk chart in Belgium*, France, Greece*, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain*, Switzerland and Portugal; use the high risk chart in other countries of Europe. *Updated, recalibrated charts are now available for Belgium, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Sweden. • Find the cell nearest to the person’s age, cholesterol and BP values, bearing in mind that risk will be higher as the person approaches the next age, cholesterol or BP category. • Check the qualifiers. • Establish the absolute 10 year risk for fatal CVD. Note that a low absolute risk in a young person may conceal a high relative risk; this may be explained to the person by using the relative risk chart. As the person ages, a high relative risk will translate in to a high absolute risk. More intensive lifestyle advice will be needed in such persons.
