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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wald, Nicholas J., Simmonds, Mark, Morris, Joan K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3087724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21573224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018742

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3087724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21573224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018742

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