Review

Predicting Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke: The FINRISK Calculator

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Abstract

The FINRISK risk calculator predicts 10-year risk for coronary heart disease, stroke incidence, and their combination. The model is based on 10-year cohort follow-up from 3 different cohorts in 1982, 1987, and 1992 from a random population sample in 3 areas in Finland. Coronary heart disease, stroke, and their combination are predicted by smoking, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, diabetes, and family history. The Internet-based calculator is commonly used in Finland in health services to assess the need for hypertension and hypercholesterolemia treatment and is used also in patients' counseling.

Highlights

  • National risk function is a useful tool to assess total risk for cardiovascular diseases.
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 11 Issue: 2
  • Page/Article: 213-216
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2016.04.007
  • Published on 1 Jun 2016
  • Peer Reviewed