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American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Pooled Cohort Equations

US2013Primary Prevention

Overview

The ACC/AHA pooled cohort equations for estimating 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk.

Clinical Use

Primary prevention of ASCVD in US adults aged 40-79 years

Risk Output

10-year risk of ASCVD events (%)

Risk Factors

Age
Sex
Race
Smoking
Systolic BP
Total Cholesterol
HDL Cholesterol
Diabetes
Hypertension Treatment

Validation

Developed from multiple US cohorts with over 24,000 participants

Limitations

Not validated in non-US populations

Clinical Guidelines

2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk

Python Usage

class="operator"><span <span class="keyword">class</span>="import">from</span> cvd_risk <span <span class="keyword">class</span>="import">import</span> ASCVD, PatientData

patient class="operator">= PatientData(
    ageclass="operator">=<span class="number">55</span>,
    sexclass="operator">=<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">'male'</span>,
    systolic_bpclass="operator">=<span class="number">140</span>,
    total_cholesterolclass="operator">=<span class="number">6.0</span>,
    hdl_cholesterolclass="operator">=<span class="number">1.2</span>,
    smokingclass="operator">=<span class="keyword">True</span>,
    diabetesclass="operator">=<span class="keyword">False</span>
class="bracket">)

model class="operator">= ASCVD()
result class="operator">= model.<span class="function">calculate</span>(patient)
class="operator"><span class="function">print</span>(f<span <span class="keyword">class</span>="string">"<span class="number">10</span>-year ASCVD risk: {result.risk_score:.1f}%"</span>)

Model Information

Model Name:

ASCVD

Publication Year:

2013

Region:

US

Category:

Primary Prevention