Agreement between Framingham Risk Score and United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study Risk Engine in Identifying High Coronary Heart Disease Risk in North Indian Population
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Agreement between Framingham Risk Score and United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study Risk Engine in Identifying High Coronary Heart Disease Risk in North Indian Population
BACKGROUND The aim of the study is to evaluate the concurrence between Framingham Risk score (FRS) and United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) risk engine in identifying coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in newly detected diabetes mellitus patients and to explore the characteristics associated with the discrepancy between them. METHODS A cross-sectional study involving 489 subjects ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes & Metabolism Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2233-6079,2233-6087
DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2015.39.4.321