ascvd_2013_risk_calculator: ASCVD Risk Estimator (2013 ACC/AHA Guidelines)

Description

Calculates the 10-year estimated risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events (fatal/non-fatal MI or Stroke) using the 2013 ACC/AHA Pooled Cohort Equations. The calculator is valid for adults aged 40-79 without existing cardiovascular disease.

Usage

ascvd_2013_risk_calculator(age, sex, race, total_cholesterol, hdl_cholesterol,
                           systolic_bp, bp_medication, diabetes, smoker)

Value

A list containing:

Ten_Year_ASCVD_Risk_Percent: The estimated 10-year risk percentage.
Risk_Category: Classification (Low, Borderline, Intermediate, High).
Recommendation: Guidance on statin therapy initiation based on the 2018 Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol update to these risk categories.

Arguments

age: Numeric. Patient age in years (Valid range: 40-79).
sex: String. Patient sex ("Male" or "Female").
race: String. Patient race ("White", "African American", or "Other"). Note: "Other" uses the White coefficients as per guideline recommendation.
total_cholesterol: Numeric. Total Cholesterol in mg/dL.
hdl_cholesterol: Numeric. HDL Cholesterol in mg/dL.
systolic_bp: Numeric. Systolic Blood Pressure in mmHg.
bp_medication: Numeric (0 or 1). Is the patient taking medication for high blood pressure? (1 = Yes, 0 = No).
diabetes: Numeric (0 or 1). Does the patient have diabetes? (1 = Yes, 0 = No).
smoker: Numeric (0 or 1). Is the patient a current smoker? (1 = Yes, 0 = No).

References

Goff DC Jr, Lloyd-Jones DM, Bennett G, et al. 2013 ACC/AHA guideline on the assessment of cardiovascular risk: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2014;129(25 Suppl 2):S49-73. doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000437741.48606.98

Examples

Run this code


# Example 1: High Risk
# 65yo Male, AfrAm, TotChol 200, HDL 40, SBP 150 (Treated), Smoker, Diabetes
ascvd_2013_risk_calculator(65, "male", "aa", 200, 40, 150, 1, 1, 1)

# Example 2: Low Risk
# 45yo Female, White, TotChol 170, HDL 60, SBP 110 (Untreated), Non-Smoker, No DM
ascvd_2013_risk_calculator(45, "female", "white", 170, 60, 110, 0, 0, 0)

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