Should age and time be eliminated from cardiovascular risk prediction models? Rationale for the creation of a new national risk detection program

Circulation. 2005 Feb 8;111(5):657-8. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000154544.90488.52.

Authors

Paul M Ridker¹, Nancy Cook

Affiliation

¹ Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 900 Commonwealth Ave E, Boston, MA 02215, USA. pridker@partners.org

PMID: 15699285
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000154544.90488.52

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Algorithms
Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis
Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology
Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control
Coronary Disease / diagnosis
Coronary Disease / epidemiology
Coronary Disease / prevention & control*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Models, Cardiovascular*
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction Behavior*
Time Factors
United States