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Validity of the Framingham point scores in the elderly: results from the Rotterdam study.
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BACKGROUND: The National Cholesterol Education Program recommends assessing 10-year risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in individuals free of established CHD with the Framingham Point Scores (FPS). Individuals with a risk >20% are classified as high risk and are candidates for preventive intervention. We aimed to validate the FPS in a European population of elderly subjects. METHODS: Subjects free of established CHD at baseline were selected from the Rotterdam study, a population-based ...
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- Journal:
- American heart journal
- Volume:
- 154
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 87-93
- Publication date:
- 2007-07-01
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- EISSN:
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1097-6744
- ISSN:
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0002-8703
- Source identifiers:
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113047
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- English
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- pubs:113047
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2007
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