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Heart Health Risk

10-Year Heart Risk Assessment AI

The Framingham Risk Score

The Framingham Risk Score a sex-specific risk assessment used to predict the cardiovascular risk of developing coronary heart disease within 10 years time frame of an individual.

What info you need?

To calculate the risk of cardiovascular disease of an individual for the next 10 years using Framingham Risk Score framework requires;

a)age (for 30 years and above only)
b)sex
c)both Total cholesterol and HDL Cholesterol (you get these values from your medical health report under lipid profile) (eg excellent HDL value is above 60 mg/dL or 1.55 mmol/L whereas excellent Total Cholesterol value is less than 200 mg/dL or 5.17 mmol/L)
d)Systolic blood pressure (the top number in your blood pressure value)(eg, 120/80 mmhg, the value used is 120)
e)Diabetes status (yes or no)
d)Smoker status (yes or no)

Faq and details

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