Development and validation of alternative cardiovascular risk prediction equations for population health planning: a routine health data linkage study of 1.7 million New Zealanders

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Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction equations are primarily used in clinical settings to inform individual risk management decisions. We sought to develop and validate alternative equations derived solely from linked routinely collected national health data that could be applied countrywide to inform population health planning. Methods: Individual-level linkage of eight administrative health...

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