What are risk factor scores for heart attack?

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What are risk factor scores for heart attack?

So there are things that your doctor will be able to tell you called risk scores. You type it into a little app, and you put in your cholesterol, your blood sugar, your blood pressure, the number of cigarettes you smoke a day, the age your parents were when they died, and your body weight. And you type that into an app and it says, “David, your risk of a heart attack in the next 10 years is 38%. And if you stopped smoking and your cholesterol was lower, it would be 12%.” So there are risk factor scores that are available to help guide people.

Professor David Celermajer is Scandrett Professor of Cardiology and Head of Cardiology at the University of Sydney.



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