Adding social deprivation and family history to cardiovascular risk assessment: the ASSIGN score from the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort (SHHEC)
University of Dundee · Ninewells Hospital · +1 more institution
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Abstract
Objective
To improve equity in cardiovascular disease prevention by developing a cardiovascular risk score including social deprivation and family history.
Design
The ASSIGN score was derived from cardiovascular outcomes in the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort (SHHEC). It was tested against the Framingham cardiovascular risk score in the same database.
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Keywords
- Medicine
- Framingham Risk Score
- Social deprivation
- Family history
- Cohort
- Demography
- Population
- Framingham Heart Study
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