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Family history of premature coronary heart disease and risk prediction
2011
Heart
Although the self-reported family history of coronary heart disease (CHD) was an independent risk factor for future CHD events in this study, the addition of family history of CHD to Framingham Risk Score failed to improve the overall risk prediction of future CHD events. Since age is a heavily weighted risk factor incorporated into the contemporary cardiovascular risk scoring models, these models tend to underestimate the risk in younger patients who are otherwise destined to develop CHD. 2
doi:10.1136/hrt.2011.222265
pmid:21367743
fatcat:ewraldd3wjahtbrv47dtopxcbq