A large part of reducing deaths caused by cardiovascular diseases is ___.
prevention
Despite successful prevention efforts, there are still regional ___ in mortality rates across the UK.
inequalities
Total cardiovascular risk is not just ___.
cardiac
According to the ASSIGN score used by NHS Scotland, what are the risk factors of CVD?
Age Sex Postcode Family history Diabetes Cigarettes smoked daily Systolic BP Total cholesterol HDL cholesterol
By definition, what is “high risk”?
> 20% chance of event within the next 10 years
Which study, carried out in 1948, was a landmark project in calculating the effect of multiple risk factors on coronary heart disease?
Framingham Study
Why is the Framingham study not a great estimate of CHD risk in the UK?
No deprivation score
No family history score
Should you look at the CVD risk factors document you wrote out for this?
Yes
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