Risk score overestimation: the impact of individual cardiovascular risk factors and preventive therapies on the performance of the American Heart Association-American College of Cardiology-Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease risk score in a modern multi-ethnic cohort.
AUTHORS
DeFilippis
AP ,
Young
R ,
McEvoy
JW ,
Michos
ED ,
Sandfort
V ,
Kronmal
RA ,
McClelland
RL ,
Blaha
MJ ,
. European heart journal. 2016 7 19; ().
- PMID: 27436865 [PubMed].
ABSTRACT
To evaluate the 2013 American Heart Association (AHA)-American College of Cardiology (ACC)-Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) risk score among four different race/ethnic groups and to ascertain which factors are most associated with risk overestimation by the AHA-ACC-ASCVD score.
To evaluate the 2013 American Heart Association (AHA)-American College of Cardiology (ACC)-Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) risk score among four different race/ethnic groups and to ascertain which factors are most associated with risk overestimation by the AHA-ACC-ASCVD score.
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