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Table 1 Predictors of cardiovascular risk calculated according to the Framingham Risk Score including lipids or body mass index, the Prospective Cardiovascular Münster Study Score including lipids or body mass index, the German version of the European Society of Cardiology Score including total cholesterol or total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein

From: Carotid intima–media thickness and cardiovascular risk factors in healthy volunteers

Predictors

FRS

PROCAM

ESC

Lipid

BMI

Lipid

BMI

TC

TC/HDL

Age, gender, smoking, systolic blood pressure

X

X

X

X

X

X

Diabetes

X

X

X

X

  

Antihypertensives

X

X

 

X

  

Family history

  

X

X

  

Cholesterol, triglycerides

Total, HDL

 

LDL, HDL, Triglycerides

 

Total

Total, HDL

Anthropometry

 

X

 

Height, weight

  

Calculated 10-year risk

Cardiovascular diseases

Myocardial infarction

Cardiovascular death including fatal stroke

  1. FRS Framingham Risk Score, PROCAM Prospective Cardiovascular Münster Study Score, ESC European Society of Cardiology Score, BMI body mass index, TC total cholesterol, HDL high-density lipoprotein