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Variation among cardiovascular risk calculators in relative risk increases with identical risk factor increases

BACKGROUND: Risk estimates for the same patient can vary substantially among cardiovascular risk calculators and the reasons are not fully explained. We compared the relative risk increases for consistent risk factors changes across different cardiovascular risk calculators. METHODS: Five clinicians...

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Autores principales: Allan, G. Michael, Nouri, Faeze, Korownyk, Christina, Kolber, Michael R., Vandermeer, Ben, McCormack, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4561470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26346935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1401-8