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Adding multiple risk factors improves Framingham coronary heart disease risk scores.
Vascular health and risk management - 1 Jan 2014
Hu Guizhou, Root Martin, Duncan Ashlee W
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PURPOSE: Since the introduction of the Framingham Risk Score (FRS), numerous versions of coronary heart disease (CHD) prediction models have claimed improvement over the FRS. Tzoulaki et al challenged the validity of these claims by illustrating methodology deficiencies among the studies. However, the question remains: Is it possible to create a new CHD model that is better than FRS while overcoming the noted...
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