Our Medline search identified 1,306 articles on risk assessment for coronary heart disease and our final ... we included 8 articles describing Framingham-based risk calculation tools and 7 ...

The risk-factor hypothesis led to similar evidence ... the editors of the Merck Manual listed the Framingham Heart Study fourth among the one hundred most significant advances in medicine in ...

In the 1960s, an obscure Scandinavian researcher identified a peculiar blood fat particle that became known as lipoprotein(a), abbreviated as Lp(a).

We included risk calculation tools that used the Framingham risk equations to generate a global coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. To determine tool accuracy, we reviewed all articles that ...

The kidney and cardiovascular risk--implications for management: a consensus statement from the European Society of Hypertension. Blood Press. 16 , 72–79 (2007). Article Google Scholar ...

This cardiovascular diseases risk calculator will help you assess the situation and let you know your risk of suffering a cardiovascular disease during the next 10 years. This cardiovascular health ...

In a world in which there is little that you can control, you have enormous control over your risk factors for heart disease.

Specifically, a 10 bpm increase in resting heart rate over 5 years in the Paris Prospective Study I was associated with a 20% higher mortality risk. Similarly, in the Framingham Heart Study ...

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The ability to predict spirometry-defined COPD was significantly better when a modified lung function questionnaire score was ...

A good blood pressure is 120 over 70 mmHg. In 1948 a study into the causes of heart disease began in Framingham in the USA. Ever since, every 2 years researchers record certain measurements for ...