Why the study?
Does the addition of common CIMT measurements to the Framingham Risk Score improve 10-year risk prediction of first-time myocardial infarction or stroke?
Population
Individuals assessed for cardiovascular risk
Comparison
Addition of common carotid intima-media… vs Framingham Risk Score alone
Follow-up
10 years
Authors
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Does not support adding CIMT to Framingham Risk Score in practice; leaves open whether other markers improve prediction.
Does the addition of common CIMT measurements to the Framingham Risk Score improve 10-year risk prediction of first-time myocardial infarction or stroke?
Adding common CIMT measurements to the Framingham Risk Score provides only a small, clinically unimportant improvement in predicting 10-year risk of first-time MI or stroke.
Ruijter et al. (2012) studied this question.
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