Comparative evaluation of the new Sheffield table and the modified joint British societies coronary risk prediction chart against a laboratory based risk score calculation

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 919, 2002, Pages 269-272

  Rabindranath, K S ^a   Anderson, N R ^a   Gama, R ^a   Holland, M R ^a  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JOINT BRITISH SOCIETIES CORONARY RISK PREDICTION CHART; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SHEFFIELD TABLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036261281     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.78.919.269     Document Type: Article

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