Why the study?
Separate primary prevention guidelines in Australia needed consolidation into a single preventive approach based on overall absolute CVD risk rather than assessing individual risk factors in isolation.
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These guidelines establish a unified Australian approach to primary CVD prevention by shifting clinical management from isolated risk factors to overall 5-year absolute cardiovascular risk in adults over 45 (or over 35 for Indigenous Australians).
The first Australian Guidelines for the management of absolute cardiovascular disease risk are now available.The guidelines incorporate and builds on the previous NVDPA Guidelines for the assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk (2009) and consolidates a number of other evidence-based guidelines related to primary prevention of CVD.Absolute risk is the numerical probability of a cardiovascular event occurring within a five-year period. It reflects a person’s overall risk of CVD, as opposed to the traditional method that considers various risk factors, such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure, in isolation.The guidelines make recommendations for assessing and managing absolute CVD risk in adults aged over 45 years (35 years for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander adults) who are without known CVD. Special sections providing advice on preventing CVD for those with diabetes and chronic kidney disease are included where relevant.These guidelines are an important step as they provide a single preventive approach to first-ever CVD in Australia. Clinical decisions based on absolute risk can lead to improved health outcomes by identifying people most at risk and directing the right treatments to them.The guidelines were developed by the National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance (NVDPA). The guidelines were released in May 2012 after approval by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
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Lalor et al. (2012) studied Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Assessment and management of 5-year absolute cardiovascular disease risk vs. Traditional method considering individual risk factors in isolation was evaluated on First-ever cardiovascular event within a five-year period. The 2012 Australian Guidelines recommend assessing and managing 5-year absolute CVD risk in adults >45 years (>35 for Indigenous adults) without known CVD to guide primary prevention.
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