Adding social deprivation and family history to cardiovascular risk assessment: the ASSIGN score from the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort (SHHEC)

TY - JOUR

T1 - Adding social deprivation and family history to cardiovascular risk assessment: the ASSIGN score from the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort (SHHEC)

AU - Woodward, Mark

AU - Brindle, Peter

AU - Tunstall-Pedoe, Hugh

N1 - dc.publisher: BMJ Publishing Group HTP proposed developing the new CV-risk score, was lead investigator and grantholder. He worked closely with the first author statistician, and was responsible for drafting and finalizing the paper. The score is now adopted nationally in Scotland, as it has significant advantages over older scores derived from smaller population studies.

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - Objective: To improve equity in cardiovascular disease prevention by developing a cardiovascular risk score including social deprivation and family history.

AB - Objective: To improve equity in cardiovascular disease prevention by developing a cardiovascular risk score including social deprivation and family history.

U2 - 10.1136/hrt.2006.108167

DO - 10.1136/hrt.2006.108167

M3 - Article

SN - 1468-201X

VL - 93

SP - 172

EP - 176

JO - Heart

JF - Heart

IS - 2

ER -