Why the study?
Does the FINRISK calculator accurately predict the 10-year risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in the Finnish population?
Population
19,447 individuals aged 30 to 64 years from random population samples in North Karelia, Kuopio province, and…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
10 years
Authors
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Risk assessment tools require local validation in LMICs; leaves open their accuracy for global CVD prevention.
Does the FINRISK calculator accurately predict the 10-year risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in the Finnish population?
The FINRISK calculator provides a population-specific tool for estimating the 10-year absolute risk of coronary heart disease and stroke to guide preventive treatments in Finland.
Vartiainen et al. (2016) studied this question.
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