articleBMJJun 23, 2008BRONZE OA

Predicting cardiovascular risk in England and Wales: prospective derivation and validation of QRISK2

JHJulia Hippisley–CoxCCCarol CouplandYVYana VinogradovaJRJohn RobsonRMRubin Minhas

University of Nottingham · Queen Mary University of London · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

Objective

To develop and validate version two of the QRISK cardiovascular disease risk algorithm (QRISK2) to provide accurate estimates of cardiovascular risk in patients from different ethnic groups in England and Wales and to compare its performance with the modified version of Framingham score recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Design

Prospective open cohort study with routinely collected data from general practice, 1 January 1993 to 31 March 2008.

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Keywords
  • Medicine
  • Framingham Risk Score
  • Cohort
  • Population
  • Body mass index
  • Ethnic group
  • Risk assessment
  • Demography
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Gender equality
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