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

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 …

Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of disability and premature death worldwide, 1
and is projected to remain the leading cause of death. An estimated 17· 5 million people …

European executive. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) was largely unknown in the developing
world. But now, a global epidemic of CVD is underway. In the 21st century, say …

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

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 …

Background Cardiovascular risk prediction models incorporate myriad CVD risk factors.
Current prediction models are developed from non-Asian populations, and their utility in …

Abstract Background World Health Organization (WHO) released region-specific
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction charts recently, but the extent to which the …

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 …