Patients with the same risk factor profile have higher risk of heart disease
or stroke in low- and middle-income countries than high-income countries.
Proportion of adults at high-risk of heart disease or stroke ranges
from 1% for South Korean women to 42% for Czech men in high-income countries.
Proportion of adults at high-risk of heart disease or stroke ranges
from 2% in Uganda to 13% for Iranian men in low- and middle-income countries.
Screening and diagnosis of diabetes substantially increases
the validity of predicted risk of heart disease or stroke.
Globorisk is the first cardiovascular disease risk score that predicts risk of heart attack or stroke in healthy individuals (those who have not yet had a heart attack or stroke) for all countries in the world. It uses information on a person’s country of residence, age, sex, smoking, diabetes, blood pressure and cholesterol to predict the chance that they would have a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years. If the person does not have a recent diabetes or cholesterol test, they can use the office-based version of Globorisk which is based on body weight and height instead.
Boston, MA – A new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers provides powerful new tools to help clinicians around the globe predict their patients’ 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).
For the first time, scientists have developed a new risk score that can predict the 10-year risk of developing heart disease or having a stroke in persons aged 40 years or older in any world country.