ABSTRACT
A purposive sample of 539 subjects from Assuit University Staff [AUS] was included in this study; of them, 506 were free from coronary heart disease [CHD]. The individuals were subjected to risk score assessment. A computer program was developed to calculate the individual absolute risk score for developing CHD in the next ten years, based on Framingham heart study and coronary heart disease risk prediction chart. The percentage of CHD in AUS was 14.7%. The significant CHD risk factors included age, current smoking among men, diabetes mellitus [DM] and low HDL cholesterol [HDL-C]. The mean risk score was statistically significantly higher in males than in females [14.3 +/- 11.5 vs. 5.9 +/- 3.7]. About two thirds of males were at moderate or high-risk levels to develop CHD, while 82.6% of females were at the low and mild risk levels