The negative likelihood ratio of calcium presence was 0.05 in men and 0.13 in women, whereas the negative likelihood ratio for a Framingham risk score of 10% or lower was 0.20 in men and 0.75 in ...

Derived from a cohort of white, middle-class men and women in Massachusetts, the Framingham CHD risk prediction algorithm can be used to predict risk in other populations and ethnic groups, a new ...

Recent national campaigns focusing on cardiac disease in women, such as the Red Dress Campaign and Go Red for Women, have sought to increase awareness of this condition through identification of ...

In comparison, the Framingham risk score was only 74 percent sensitive in men and 36 percent sensitive in women for the detection of atherosclerosis — a substantial difference," said Johnson.

In the Spanish study, which tracked 447 healthy men and women aged 35 years to 74 years for 10 years, the Framingham score predicted that 15% of the study population would have a heart event. In ...

F or decades, doctors have relied on the undisputed champion of heart disease risk assessment: the Framingham Risk Score. It emerged from a massive study of heart disease risk factors in more than ...

By combining patients' Framingham Risk Score with new Intermountain Risk Score, researchers found that they were 30 percent more likely to correctly determine a woman's risk, and 57 percent more ...

The Framingham Point Score estimates the risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) within a 10-year time period. The presence of any risk factor requires appropriate attention because a ...

As investigators pointed out, Framingham risk scores have been validated only for people up to age 75 years but are often used in older populations since there are no appropriate alternatives (BMJ ...

Variables from the Framingham Dementia Risk Score are an accurate predictor of Alzheimer’ ... 53% men) and 4,107 adults with a first diagnosis AF (mean age, 74 years; 57% men) ...