Open AccessPredicted and observed cardiovascular disease in South Asians: application of FINRISK, Framingham and SCORE models to Newcastle Heart Project data
Author(s) -
Raj Bhopal,
Colin Fischbacher,
Erkki Vartiainen,
Nigel Unwin,
Martin White,
Gigliola Alberti
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdh202
Subject(s) - framingham risk score , medicine , demography , coronary heart disease , myocardial infarction , epidemiology , population , framingham heart study , unstable angina , disease , environmental health , sociology
South Asian populations in the United Kingdom have a high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Risk prediction models appear to be inaccurate in South Asians.
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