Framingham general cardiovascular risk (2008)
10-year risk of any cardiovascular event from the Framingham Heart Study.
Inputs
3 of 8SexUsed by the equation
years
mmHg
On blood pressure medicine
Current smoker
Diabetes
Patient values are shared with every calculator.
When to use
- Comparing with literature or international guidelines that use Framingham.
Pearls and pitfalls
- US guidelines now use the Pooled Cohort Equations or PREVENT.
- Includes heart failure and peripheral disease in its outcome.
Why use
Still used in many countries and older trials.
Risk = 1 − S₀^exp(Σβ ln(x) − mean), sex-specific (D'Agostino 2008)