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QRISK3

What is the 10-year cardiovascular risk in a UK primary-care population?

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This tool is catalogued but not yet available. Its formula or coefficients are pending verification against the primary publication. HumanPulse does not implement clinical equations from memory.

About this tool

UK primary-care cardiovascular risk algorithm with additional clinical risk factors.

Outcome

CVD (CHD, stroke, TIA)

Time horizon

10 years

Derivation population

UK QResearch primary-care database.

Clinical problems

Evidence

Evidence level

Strong evidence

Derived and externally validated in multiple cohorts (including prospective studies) and incorporated into major clinical guidelines. Methodology

Geographic applicability

United Kingdom

Evidence summaries for this tool are awaiting independent clinical review. Statistics are shown only where they could be attributed to a specific publication.

References

  1. Original publicationHippisley-Cox J, Coupland C, Brindle P. Development and validation of QRISK3 risk prediction algorithms to estimate future risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective cohort study. BMJ 2017;357:j2099. Find on PubMed (opens in a new tab)

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