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hdl_chol CHD MI STROKE CVD CHD_DEATH CVD_DEATH
1 25.63764171 18.97269736 8.795830336 40.84159573 7.424934777 7.740788286
BNF ASSIGN
34.43347205 29.04187512
Excel worksheet for calculating cardiovascular risk
Written by Dr Rupert Payne, The University of Edinburgh, May 2010
This calculator has been published with the hope that it will be useful, but without warranty, implied or explicit, of fitness for a p
The author will not accept responsibility for any injury, damages or other outcomes arising as a result, direct or indirect, of usin
Further advice on the appropriate use of the risk equations can be found at http://cvrisk.mvm.ed.ac.uk/help.htm
The Framingham and ASSIGN equations are in the public domain. You are free to modify or distribute this file as you wish, alth
There is NO error checking - blanks will be treated as value 0 and extreme values will be accepted
The BNF calculation is simply the sum of CHD and stroke. Values will therefore be influenced by diabetes and LVH which are n
Although all calculations take into account smoking, note that ASSIGN uses a different variable (cigarettes) to Framingham/BN
ced by diabetes and LVH which are not taken into account by standard BNF charts
iable (cigarettes) to Framingham/BNF (smoker) - it is important to ensure cigarettes and smoker are consistent with one another
), with systolic BP 150mmHg, total cholesterol 5mmol/l, HDL 1mmol/l, living in an area with SIMD deprivation score 20
priate range is 4 to 12 years. Does not affect ASSIGN calculation (which is always 10 years).
ation score 20