Background To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income
and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide and a major public health
concern. Therefore, its risk assessment is crucial to many existing treatment guidelines. 1 …

Background Most cardiovascular disease risk prediction equations in use today were
derived from cohorts established last century and with participants at higher risk but less …

Background Worldwide implementation of risk-based cardiovascular disease (CVD)
prevention requires risk prediction tools that are contemporarily recalibrated for the target …

Background Treatment of cardiovascular risk factors based on disease risk depends on valid
risk prediction equations. We aimed to develop, and apply in example countries, a risk …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of the growing global disease burden
due to non-communicable diseases. For successful prevention and control of CVD …

Background Sex-specific and race-specific pooled cohort equations (PCEs) are
recommended for estimating the 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease, with an absolute …

Background Recent research has used cardiovascular risk scores intended to estimate “total
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk” in individuals to assess the distribution of risk within …

Over the past 30 years, cardiovascular disease has increased in incidence in low-income
and middle-income countries, while cardiovascular disease has declined in several high …

An important strategy in primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is the early
identification of high-risk individuals. Effective implementation of a strategy to identify these …