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Reynolds risk score
Indications:
- assessment of cardiovascular risk in women
- sex-specific
- more sensitive in predicting cardiovascular risk in women than the Framingham risk score
Notes:
- unlike Framingham risk score, uses serum CRP
- reclassifies ~40% of women with intermediate Framingham scores
General
cardiovascular risk calculator; cardiovascular risk score
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
- Reynolds risk calculator
http://www.reynoldsriskscore.org