QRISK or Framingham?

The QRISK was less likely to overestimate cardiovascular risk than the Framingham or ASSIGN equations.

Cardiovascular Risk and Risk Scores: ASSIGN, Framingham, QRISK and others: how to choose.

Coronary heart disease and stroke contribute significantly to premature mortality and morbidity. Largely preventable, they demand prevention. Emphases range from responsibilities of governments to individuals, and the clinic nurses or doctors advising and treating them. The risk of cardiovascular disease varies. To be efficient and effective, medical interventions must focus on those at highest...

QrIsK valIdatIon and evaluatIon

QrIsK may be less useful Collins and Altman inappropriately criticise the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) for not choosing QRISK to predict cardiovascular risk.1 In doing so, they do not distinguish between assessing individual cardiovascular risk (as used by clinicians) and predicting risk of cardiovascular events in an actively managed population (as used in publi...

Derivation and validation of QRISK, a new cardiovascular disease risk score for the United Kingdom: prospective open cohort study.

OBJECTIVE To derive a new cardiovascular disease risk score (QRISK) for the United Kingdom and to validate its performance against the established Framingham cardiovascular disease algorithm and a newly developed Scottish score (ASSIGN). DESIGN Prospective open cohort study using routinely collected data from general practice. SETTING UK practices contributing to the QRESEARCH database. P...

Cardiovascular risk score in Rheumatoid Arthritis

OBJECTIVE To determine the 10-year Cardiovascular risk score with QRISK-2 and Framingham risk calculators in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Non Rheumatoid Arthritis subjects and asses the usefulness of QRISK-2 and Framingham calculators in both groups. METHODS During the study 106 RA and 106 Non RA patients age and sex matched participants were enrolled from outpatient department. Demographic data ...