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Table 1: Common assessment tools to estimate a patient's absolute risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) or cardiovascular diseases (CVD)

Joint British Societies Coronary Risk Prediction Chart

estimates CHD risk over 10 years
available at: http://www.hyp.ac.uk/bhs/pdfs/BHS_IV_Guidelines.pdf
published in British National Formulary

Proposed Joint British Societies Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction Chart

estimates CHD and stroke risk over 10 years
available at http://www.hyp.ac.uk/bhs/resources/prediction_chart.

Joint British Societies Cardiac Risk Assessor Computer Programme

estimates CHD and stroke risk, separately, over 10 years
available at: http://www.bhsoc.org

Sheffield Table for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

aids decisions on cholesterol screening (based on CHD risk over 10 years)
available at: http://www.bmj.com
published in BMJ 2000;320:671-676

The new European Risk Chart based on SCORE dataBase

estimates fatal CVD risk over 10 years
available at: www.escardio.org/scinfo/guidelines.htm
published in Eur Heart J, 2003, 24:987-1003

New Zealand Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Charts

estimates CVD risk over 5 years
available at: http://www.bmj.com
published in BMJ 2000;320:709-710 and Clinical Evidence

National Cholesterol Education Programme Risk Assessment Tool and Framingham point score for Estimating 10-year Risk of Developing Hard CHD

estimates Hard CHD over 10 years
Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/index.htm

Note:
CHD = Coronary Heart Disease which includes coronary deaths, myocardial infarction and new angina pectoris
Hard CHD = myocardial infarction and coronary deaths only
CVS = Cardiovascular Disease which includes CHD, ischaemic stroke and peripheral vascular disease