Why the study?
People with schizophrenia have more than double the risk of dying from CVD, but how different CVD risk calculators compare in predicting 10-year risk in this population was unclear.
Do different cardiovascular risk calculators agree on 10-year predicted CVD risk in patients with schizophrenia?
Do different cardiovascular risk calculators agree on 10-year predicted CVD risk in patients with schizophrenia?
Different cardiovascular risk calculators generate widely varying 10-year predicted CVD risk scores for patients with schizophrenia, highlighting the need for clinical judgment when making treatment decisions.
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Disagreement among CVD risk calculators in schizophrenia warrants clinical caution; leaves open the need for schizophrenia-specific validation.
Berry et al. (2018) studied this question.
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