SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe
Publication: European Heart Journal
SCORE2 working group and ESC Cardiovascular risk collaboration
13 June 2021
Summary
The researchers analysed data from nearly 700,000 mainly middle-aged participants in 45 large-scale studies to develop risk prediction models (SCORE2) tailored for use in European countries.
The participants did not have previous history of CVD at the outset and 30,000 had a CVD event (heart attack or stroke) during the first 10 years of follow up.
These risk models were then statistically adapted or ‘recalibrated’ to more accurately estimate CVD risk for contemporary populations in four European risk regions, using data on population-specific CVD incidence rates and risk factor values from 10.8 million individuals. Read the full story
