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Adding social deprivation and family history to cardiovascular risk assessment: the ASSIGN score from the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort (SHHEC).
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 1 Feb 2007
Woodward Mark, Brindle Peter, Tunstall-Pedoe Hugh
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OBJECTIVE: To improve equity in cardiovascular disease prevention by developing a cardiovascular risk score including social deprivation and family history. DESIGN: The ASSIGN score was derived from cardiovascular outcomes in the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort (SHHEC). It was tested against the Framingham cardiovascular risk score in the same database. SETTING: Random-sample, risk-factor population surveys...
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