Does inclusion of education and marital status improve SCORE performance in central and eastern europe and former soviet union? findings from MONICA and HAPIEE cohorts.

<h4>Background and objective</h4>The SCORE scale predicts the 10-year risk of fatal atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), based on conventional risk factors. The high-risk version of SCORE is recommended for Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union (CEE/FSU), due to hig...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Olga Vikhireva, Grazyna Broda, Ruzena Kubinova, Sofia Malyutina, Andrzej Pająk, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Zdena Skodova, Galina Simonova, Martin Bobak, Hynek Pikhart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094344&type=printable