By neglecting deprivation, cardiovascular risk scoring will exacerbate social gradients in disease

Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe; Mark Woodward

doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.077289

By neglecting deprivation, cardiovascular risk scoring will exacerbate social gradients in disease

Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe
, Mark Woodward

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Objective: To examine whether the efficiency and equity of cardiovascular risk scores that identify patients at high risk for preventive interventions are compromised by omitting social deprivation, which contributes to risk.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	307-310
Number of pages	4
Journal	Heart
Volume	92
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2005.077289
Publication status	Published - 2006

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