Framingham risk score

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In medicine, the Framingham risk score is a clinical prediction rule for prediction cardiac events. The score was derived from the cohort of subjects in the Framingham Heart Study.[1]

Several versions of the equations are available.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous (2024), Framingham risk score (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ Sheridan S, Pignone M, Mulrow C (2003). "Framingham-based tools to calculate the global risk of coronary heart disease: a systematic review of tools for clinicians.". J Gen Intern Med 18 (12): 1039-52. PMID 14687264. PMC PMC1494957. [e]
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