Cardiovascular Disease (30-year risk)
Cardiovascular Disease
(30-year risk)
Outcome
“Hard” CVD (coronary death, myocardial infarction, stroke), “general” CVD (coronary death, myocardial infarction, coronary insufficiency, angina, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attack, peripheral artery disease, heart failure)
Duration of follow-up
Maximum of 35 years, 30-year risk prediction
Population of interest
Individuals 20 to 59 years and free of CVD and cancer at baseline examination
Predictors
- Male Sex
- Age
- Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP)
- Use of Antihypertensive treatment (yes/ no)
- Smoking
- Diabetes mellitus
- Total cholesterol
- HDL cholesterol
- BMI replacing lipids in a simpler model
Excel spreadsheets:
Risk Factor Calculator: 30 Year Risk Factors
We acknowledge Mr. Aaron Vaneps and the Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Health Clinic who provided the interactive risk calculator.