Lisa Pennells, Stephen Kaptoge, Angela Wood, Mike Sweeting, Xiaohui Zhao, Ian White, Stephen Burgess, Peter Willeit, Thomas Bolton, Karel G M Moons, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Randi Selmer, Kay-Tee Khaw, Vilmundur Gudnason, Gerd Assmann, Philippe Amouyel, Veikko Salomaa, Mika Kivimaki, Børge G Nordestgaard, Michael J Blaha, Lewis H Kuller, Hermann Brenner, Richard F Gillum, Christa Meisinger, Ian Ford, Matthew W Knuiman, Annika Rosengren, Debbie A Lawlor, Henry Völzke, Cyrus Cooper, Alejandro Marín Ibañez, Edoardo Casiglia, Jussi Kauhanen, Jackie A Cooper, Beatriz Rodriguez, Johan Sundström, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Rachel Dankner, Paul J Nietert, Karina W Davidson, Robert B Wallace, Dan G Blazer, Cecilia Björkelund, Chiara Donfrancesco, Harlan M Krumholz, Aulikki Nissinen, Barry R Davis, Sean Coady, Peter H Whincup, Torben Jørgensen, Pierre Ducimetiere, Maurizio Trevisan, Gunnar Engström, Carlos J Crespo, Tom W Meade, Marjolein Visser, Daan Kromhout, Stefan Kiechl, Makoto Daimon, Jackie F Price, Agustin Gómez de la Cámara, J Wouter Jukema, Benoît Lamarche, Altan Onat, Leon A Simons, Maryam Kavousi, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, John Gallacher, Jacqueline M Dekker, Hisatomi Arima, Nawar Shara, Robert W Tipping, Ronan Roussel, Eric J Brunner, Wolfgang Koenig, Masaru Sakurai, Jelena Pavlovic, Ron T Gansevoort, Dorothea Nagel, Uri Goldbourt, Elizabeth L M Barr, Luigi Palmieri, Inger Njølstad, Shinichi Sato, W M Monique Verschuren, Cherian V Varghese, Ian Graham, Oyere Onuma, Philip Greenland, Mark Woodward, Majid Ezzati, Bruce M Psaty, Naveed Sattar, Rod Jackson, Paul M Ridker, Nancy R Cook, Ralph B D'Agostino, Simon G Thompson, John Danesh, Emanuele Di Angelantonio
AIMS: There is debate about the optimum algorithm for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk estimation. We conducted head-to-head comparisons of four algorithms recommended by primary prevention guidelines, before and after 'recalibration', a method that adapts risk algorithms to take account of differences in the risk characteristics of the populations being studied. METHODS AND RESULTS: Using individual-participant data on 360 737 participants without CVD at baseline in 86 prospective studies from 22 countries, we compared the Framingham risk score (FRS), Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE), pooled cohort equations (PCE), and Reynolds risk score (RRS)...
February 14, 2019: European Heart Journal