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Comment
. 2014 Mar;11(3):136-7.
doi: 10.1038/nrcardio.2013.216. Epub 2014 Jan 14.

Risk factors: new risk-assessment guidelines-more or less personalized?

Michael J Blaha  1 , Roger S Blumenthal  1
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Risk factors: new risk-assessment guidelines-more or less personalized?

Michael J Blaha et al. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

The new ACC/AHA cardiovascular-risk guidelines feature updated equations for women, distinct equations for African–American individuals, and include stroke prediction. However, the equations rely on the same traditional risk factors as previous versions, are driven predominantly by age, and curtail the intermediate-risk group, in which personalized risk assessment is recommended.

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