Heart Health
The art of refining heart risk prediction
It's all in the numbers; and one model comes out the winner.
In order to prevent heart disease, you have to know who is at risk for developing it. The answer depends on whether the Framingham, Reynolds, or Adult Treatment Panel III risk scoring system is used. The three models have many similarities, but also differences in the risk factors that are included in the equation. Until recently, how the systems compared was a matter of debate.
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