Screening for future cardiovascular disease using age alone compared with multiple risk factors and age.

BACKGROUND: Risk factors such as blood pressure and serum cholesterol are used, with age, in screening for future cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. The value of using these risk factors with age compared with using age alone is not known. We compared screening for future CVD events using age alon...

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Main Authors: Nicholas J Wald, Mark Simmonds, Joan K Morris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3087724?pdf=render