Open AccessEvaluation of the Framingham Risk Score in the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer–Norfolk Cohort<subtitle>Does Adding Glycated Hemoglobin Improve the Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Events?</subtitle>
Author(s) -
Rebecca K. Simmons
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.168.11.1209
Subject(s) - framingham risk score , medicine , glycated hemoglobin , cohort , prospective cohort study , diabetes mellitus , cohort study , proportional hazards model , european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition , disease , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology
There is a continuous relationship between glycated hemoglobin (HbA(1c)) and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, even below diagnostic thresholds for diabetes mellitus.
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