Application of the Updated Framingham Risk Score to Japanese Men.
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Factors Related to Coronary Heart Disease Risk Among Men: Validation of the Framingham Risk Score
INTRODUCTION Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains a leading cause of death in the United States. The Framingham Risk Score (FRS) was developed to help clinicians in determining their patients' CHD risk. We hypothesize that the FRS will be significantly predictive of CHD events among men in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study (ACLS) population. METHODS Our study consisted of 34,557 men who ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension Research
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0916-9636
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.24.685