External validation of the 2008 Framingham cardiovascular risk equation for CHD and stroke events in a European population of middle-aged men. The PRIME study

Bilal Majed, Muriel Tafflet, Frank Kee, Bernadette Haas, Jean Ferrieres, Michèle Montaye, Jean-Bernard Ruidavets, Dominique Arveiler, John Yarnell, Philippe Amouyel, Pierre Ducimetiere, Jean-Philippe Empana, PRIME study group

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Abstract

To test the applicability of the sex-specific 2008 Framingham general cardiovascular risk equation for coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke in European middle-aged men from Ireland and France.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)49-54
Number of pages6
JournalPreventive Medicine
Volume57
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2013

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Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Age Factors
  • Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Coronary Disease
  • France
  • Humans
  • Ireland
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Assessment
  • Stroke

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