BACKGROUND Despite reports in the literature that both leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and commuting physical activity (CPA) can promote health benefits, the literature lacks studies comparing the associations of these domains of physical activity with cardiovascular risk scores. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between LTPA and CPA with different cardiovascular risk scores in t...

AIMS In 2008, a new cardiovascular risk table from the Framingham Heart Study was published, which incorporated the new concept 'vascular age'. The aim of the present study was to determine the vascular age calculated from the two SCORE project scales and to determine the degree of agreement in vascular age between the two scales. METHODS AND RESULTS Vascular age was calculated according to i...

We investigated whether the Framingham risk score, which was designed to estimate the 10-year risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), differentiates lifetime risk for CHD. All subjects in the Framingham Heart Study examined from 1971 to 1996 who were free of CHD were included. Subjects were stratified into age- and gender-specific tertiles of Framingham risk score, and lifetime risk for CHD was e...

OBJECTIVE To examine the adjusted associations of fruit consumption and vegetable consumption with the Framingham score and its components in the non-Western setting of Southern China, considering health status. METHOD Linear regression was used to assess the cross-sectional associations of fruit and vegetable consumption with the Framingham score and its components, among 19,518 older Chines...

BACKGROUND We evaluated prevalence and correlates of increased high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in a large population of blacks and whites, and the impact of hsCRP measurement on coronary heart disease risk reclassification. METHODS We studied 19 080 participants of the REGARDS (REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke) study (age >45 years, without vascular diagnose...

BACKGROUND Several risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been identified in recent decades. However, the association between the health system and the burden of CVD has not yet been sufficiently researched. The objective of this study was to analyse the association between health system development and the burden of CVD, in particular CVD-related disability-adjusted life-years (DAL...

BACKGROUND: Clinical guidelines emphasize risk assessment as vital to patient selection for medical primary intervention. However, risk assessment methods are restricted in their ability to predict further coronary events. The most widely accepted tool in the United States is the Framingham risk score. In these equations age is a powerful risk factor. Although the extent of coronary atheroscler...

Cardiovascular risk can be calculated using the Framingham cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk score and provides a risk stratification from mild to very high CVD risk percentage over 10 years. This equation represents a complex interaction between age, gender, cholesterol status, blood pressure, diabetes status, and smoking. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a measure of how the autonomic nervous ...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The traditional Framingham score underestimates cardiovascular risk in certain populations. Extending its time-scale to 30 years and assessing its relationship with the presence of carotid atherosclerotic plaque may improve risk stratification. The objectives were: a) to determine the percentage of patients previously classified with the traditional score who were re...