Framingham Risk Score

Framingham Risk Score
Table of the risk of cardiac death in the next 10 years for people with LDL cholesterol of 1.3-1.53 mmol/l and those not taking medications to lower BP, according to the Framingham scale from NCEP ATP III
Purposeestimate 10 year cardiovascular risk

The Framingham Risk Score is a sex-specific algorithm used to estimate the 10-year cardiovascular risk of an individual. The Framingham Risk Score was first developed based on data obtained from the Framingham Heart Study, to estimate the 10-year risk of developing coronary heart disease. In order to assess the 10-year cardiovascular disease risk, cerebrovascular events, peripheral artery disease and heart failure were subsequently added as disease outcomes for the 2008 Framingham Risk Score, on top of coronary heart disease.

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