Community-based cardiovascular risk reduction: Age and the Framingham risk score

British Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 180-184

  Richardson, Gill ^a   Van Woerden, Hugo C ^b,c   Edwards, Rhiannon ^a   Morgan, Lucy ^a   Newcombe, Robert G ^d  

^a ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Medical Statistics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community health services; Coronary disease prevention and control; Health promotion; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79960356888     PISSN: 09696113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. World Health Organization. Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. Guidelines for assessment and management of total cardiovascular risk. Geneva: WHO, 2007.
2. Department of Health. Putting prevention first - NHS health check: vascular risk assessment and management. Best practice guidance. London: DoH, 2008.
3. Obama B. Modern health care for all Americans. N Engl J Med 2008;359:1537.
4. Robson J, Boomla K, Hart B, Feder G. Estimating cardiovascular risk for primary prevention: outstanding questions for primary care. BMJ 2000;320:702-04. (Pubitemid 30179399)
5. Chan M. The world health report 2008: Primary health care now more than ever. Geneva: WHO, 2008.
6. Cupples ME, Smith SM, Murphy AW. How effective is prevention in coronary heart disease? Heart 2008;94:1370-1.
7. Hobbs FD. Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: managing hypertension and hyperlipidaemia. Heart 2004;90(suppl 4):iv22-iv25. (Pubitemid 38668565)
8. Redberg RF, Benjamin EJ, Bittner V et al. ACCF/AHA 2009 performance measures for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults. Circulation 2009;120:1296-336.
9. Davies G, Price T. Health Needs Assessment 2006 - Health Status and Key Determinants. Cardiff: National Public Health Service for Wales, 2007.
10. Richardson G, van Woerden HC, Morgan L et al. Healthy Hearts - a community-based primary prevention programme to reduce coronary heart disease. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2008;8.
11. Thorogood M, Coulter A, Jones L, Yudkin P, Muir J, Mant D. Factors affecting response to an invitation to attend for a health check. BMJ 1993;47:224-8. (Pubitemid 23210562)
12. Waller D, Agass M, Mant D et al. Health checks in general practice: another example of inverse care? BMJ 1990;300:1115-18. (Pubitemid 20158113)
13. Wilson PWF, D'Agostino RB, Levy D, Belanger AM, Silbershatz H, Kannel WB. Prediction of coronary heart disease using risk factor categories. Circulation 1998;97:1837-47. (Pubitemid 28213628)
14. Hippisley-Cox J, Coupland C, Vinogradova Y, Robson J, May M, Brindle P. Derivation and validation of QRISK, a new cardiovascular disease risk score for the United Kingdom: prospective open cohort study. BMJ 2007;335:136-41. (Pubitemid 47172233)
15. Collins GS, Altman DG. An independent external validation and evaluation of QRISK cardiovascular risk prediction: a prospective open cohort study. BMJ 2009;339:b2584.
16. Liew SM, Glasziou P. QRISK validation and evaluation QRISK may be less useful. BMJ 2009;339:b3485.
17. Tunstall-Pedoe H, Woodward M, Watt G. QRISK validation and evaluation ASSIGN, QRISK, and validation. BMJ 2009;339:b3514.
18. Wood D, Wray R, Poulter N et al. JBS 2: Joint British Societies' guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease in clinical practice. Heart 2005;91(suppl 5):v1-v52.
19. Ebrahim S, Beswick A, Burke M, Smith GD. Multiple risk factor interventions for primary prevention of coronary heart disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2006;(4):CD001561.
20. Caerphilly County Borough. A partnership strategy for health, social care and well-being in Caerphilly County Borough 2005-2008. Ystrad Mynach: Caerphilly County Borough, 2005.
21. Dobbelsteyn CJ, Joffres MR, MacLean DR, Flowerdew G. A comparative evaluation of waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index as indicators of cardiovascular risk factors. The Canadian Heart Health Surveys. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2001;25:652-61. (Pubitemid 32417634)
22. Wallston KA, Wallston S. Development of the multidimensional health locus of control (MHLC) scales. Health Educ Monogr 1978;6:160-70.
23. Zigmond AS, Snaith RP. The hospital anxiety and depression scale. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1983;67:361-70. (Pubitemid 13098606)
24. Newcombe RG. Confidence intervals for an effect size measure based on the Mann-Whitney statistic. Part 2: Asymptotic methods and evaluation. Stat Med 2006;25:559-73. (Pubitemid 43174524)
25. Roncaglioni MC, Santoro L, D'Avanzo B et al. Role of family history in patients with myocardial infarction. An Italian case-control study. GISSI-EFRIM Investigators. Circulation 1992;85:2065-72.
26. Cooper JA, Miller GJ, Humphries SE. A comparison of the PROCAM and Framingham point-scoring systems for estimation of individual risk of coronary heart disease in the Second Northwick Park Heart Study. Atherosclerosis 2005;181:93-100. (Pubitemid 40804698)
27. Philips B, De Lemos JA, Patel MJ, McGuire DK, Khera A. Relation of family history of myocardial infarction and the presence of coronary arterial calcium in various age and risk factor groups. Am J Cardiol 2007;99:825-9. (Pubitemid 46365607)
28. D'Agostino RB, Vasan RS, Pencina MJ et al. General cardiovascular risk profile for use in primary care: The Framingham heart study. Circulation 2008;118:E86.
29. Sorkin JD, Muller DC, Andres R. Longitudinal change in height of men and women: implications for interpretation of the body mass index: the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Am J Epidemiol 1999;150:969-77. (Pubitemid 29508650)