Primary prediction of cardiovascular disease – a literature review

Click on the linked titles opposite to find out more about the literature review and identify references for validation studies pertaining to specific scales.

Introduction

Project background

Aim and Methodology

Literature Search Strategy

Presentation of data from literature review (year of development)

Scales developed by Framingham Heart Study  (1991 to 2008)

SCORE  (2003)

ETHRISK®  (2005)

Joint British Societies risk chart (JBS2)  (2005)

Scottish ASSIGN score (2007)

Joint British Societies risk chart (JBS3) (2014)

QRISK®2  (2015)

Discussion

10-year risk versus lifetime risk

Areas for future work

Research topics