Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the world’s most common cause of death. The Framingham risk score (FRS) is commonly used method for CVD assessment. Low-risk individuals have 10% or less coronary heart (CHD) at 10 years, 10-20% intermediate risk and 20% more high risk. Aim Work: To estimate of developing cardiovascular over next ten years among administrativestaff Zagazig Univers...

BACKGROUND Despite reports in the literature that both leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and commuting physical activity (CPA) can promote health benefits, the literature lacks studies comparing the associations of these domains of physical activity with cardiovascular risk scores. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between LTPA and CPA with different cardiovascular risk scores in t...

AIMS On the basis of the JUPITER trial, European health authorities recently approved the use of rosuvastatin to reduce first major cardiovascular events among 'high' global risk primary prevention patients defined either by Framingham risk score >20% or European systematic coronary risk evaluation (SCORE) ≥5%. However, as these are post hoc analyses, data describing these subgroups have not pr...

OBJECTIVES We tested the prognostic value of a new electrocardiographic (ECG) method (Perugia score) for diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in essential hypertension and compared it with five standard methods (Cornell voltage, Framingham criterion, Romhilt-Estes point score, left ventricular strain, Sokolow-Lyon voltage). BACKGROUND Several standard ECG methods for assessment of ...

AIMS In 2008, a new cardiovascular risk table from the Framingham Heart Study was published, which incorporated the new concept 'vascular age'. The aim of the present study was to determine the vascular age calculated from the two SCORE project scales and to determine the degree of agreement in vascular age between the two scales. METHODS AND RESULTS Vascular age was calculated according to i...

BACKGROUND: Clinical guidelines emphasize risk assessment as vital to patient selection for medical primary intervention. However, risk assessment methods are restricted in their ability to predict further coronary events. The most widely accepted tool in the United States is the Framingham risk score. In these equations age is a powerful risk factor. Although the extent of coronary atheroscler...

BACKGROUND Common carotid artery and internal carotid artery intima-media thicknesses (IMT) are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) and increase with age. Using age, sex, and race/ethnicity IMT percentiles may improve CHD prediction when added to Framingham risk factors and coronary artery calcium score. We study these possibilities in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), ...