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Cardiovascular Risk Scores Do Not Account For The Effect Of Treatment: A Review, Su May Liew, Jenny Doust, Paul Glasziou
Cardiovascular Risk Scores Do Not Account For The Effect Of Treatment: A Review, Su May Liew, Jenny Doust, Paul Glasziou
Jenny Doust
Objective - To compare the strengths and limitations of cardiovascular risk scores available for clinicians in assessing the global (absolute) risk of cardiovascular disease.Design - Review of cardiovascular risk scores.Data sources - Medline (1966 to May 2009) using a mixture of MeSH terms and free text for the keywords ‘cardiovascular’, ‘risk prediction’ and ‘cohort studies’.Eligibility - criteria for selecting studies A study was eligible if it fulfilled the following criteria: (1) it was a cohort study of adults in the general population with no prior history of cardiovascular disease and not restricted by a disease condition; (2) the primary objective …