Coronary Heart Disease Not Accurately Predicted By Traditional Risk Assessment Tools

The Framingham and National Cholesterol Education Program tools, NCEP, do not accurately predict coronary heart disease, according to a study performed at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. The study included 1,653 patients who had no history of coronary heart disease; although 738 patients were taking statins (cholesterol lowering drugs like Lipitor) because of increased risk of developing coronary heart disease.

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Filed under: Cholesterol on January 14th, 2009