cliot (version 1.0.0)

framingham_hard_chd: Framingham Risk Score for Hard Coronary Heart Disease

Description

Calculates the 10-year risk of developing hard coronary heart disease (myocardial infarction or coronary death). This score is derived from the NCEP ATP III guidelines.

Usage

framingham_hard_chd(age, sex, smoker, total_cholesterol, hdl_cholesterol,
                    systolic_bp, bp_medication)

Value

A list containing:

Total_Points

The calculated risk score.

Ten_Year_Risk_Hard_CHD

The estimated percentage risk of MI or coronary death in the next 10 years.

Arguments

age

Numeric. Patient age in years (20-79).

sex

String. Patient sex ("Male" or "Female").

smoker

Numeric (0 or 1). Current smoker. (1 = Yes).

total_cholesterol

Numeric. Total Cholesterol level in mg/dL.

hdl_cholesterol

Numeric. HDL Cholesterol level in mg/dL.

systolic_bp

Numeric. Systolic Blood Pressure in mmHg.

bp_medication

Numeric (0 or 1). Is the patient currently on medication for high blood pressure? (1 = Yes).

References

Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults. Executive Summary of The Third Report of The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, And Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). JAMA. 2001;285(19):2486-2497. doi:10.1001/jama.285.19.2486

Examples

# Example 1: Low Risk
# 45yo Male, Non-smoker, Chol 180, HDL 50, SBP 120 (No Meds)
framingham_hard_chd(45, "male", 0, 180, 50, 120, 0)

# Example 2: High Risk
# 65yo Female, Smoker, Chol 240, HDL 35, SBP 150 (Meds)
framingham_hard_chd(65, "female", 1, 240, 35, 150, 1)