Evaluation of the Framingham risk score and pooled cohort risk equation for prediction of cardiovascular risk in low resource areas: Insights from Asian rural population

Int J Cardiol. 2018 Aug 15:265:237. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.04.063.

Authors

Haoyu Wang¹, Yingxian Sun¹, Xin Yi², Lijun Zhang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Heping District, Shenyang 110001, China.
² Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Beijing Moslem Hospital, Beijing 100054, China.
³ Department of Hematology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, 155 Nanjing North Street, Heping District, Shenyang 110001, China. Electronic address: zljcmu1h@163.com.

PMID: 29885691
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.04.063

No abstract available

Keywords: Asian population; Cardiovascular disease; Prevention; Risk assessment; Risk prediction; Risk score.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Asian People
Cardiovascular Diseases*
Cohort Studies
Humans
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Rural Population*