score.cardiovascular {PBImisc}

SCORE for Cardiovascular Risk

Description

Calculation of risk SCORE for use in the clinical management of cardiovascular risk in European.

Usage

calculateScoreEur(age, cholesterol, SBP, currentSmoker, 
  gender = "Men", risk = "Low risk")

Arguments

age

age in years

cholesterol

in mmol/L

SBP

Systolic blood pressure in mmHg

currentSmoker

the current smoker status, 1 for current smokers, 0 for non smokers

gender

"Men" or "Women"

risk

is it "Low risk" or "High risk" group

Details

Calculation of SCORE based on the paper

,,Estimation of ten-year risk of fatal cardiovascular disease in Europe: the SCORE project” R.M. Conroy et. al. Eur Heart J (2003) 24 (11): 987-1003. doi: 10.1016/S0195-668X(03)00114-3

Author(s)

Przemyslaw Biecek