Framingham risk score inadequately predicts cardiac risk in young patients presenting with a first myocardial infarction
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
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: 163-167, 2010.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>INTRODUCTION</b>The Framingham Risk Score (FRS) is a well-validated epidemiologic tool used to assess the risk for a fi rst cardiac event. Because young patients presenting with a fi rst myocardial infarction (MI) tend to have less significant risk profiles compared with older patients, we hypothesized that FRS may underestimate cardiac risk in these patients.</p><p><b>MATERIALS AND METHODS</b>We studied 1267 patients between January 2002 and November 2007 presenting with a fi rst MI. Patients with pre-existing diabetes mellitus and vascular disease were excluded. FRS was calculated for each patient. Patients were divided based on their age group A (<40 years), group B (40 to 64 years) and group C (> or =65 years).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The mean age was 54.7 +/- 11 years, 88.4% of the patients were males. Younger patients were more likely to be assigned with lower scores. Based on FRS, 63.0%, 29.3% and 14.2% of group A, B and C patients were classified as low risk (10-year risk for cardiac events<10%) respectively, P <0.001. The sensitivity of FRS in identifying at least intermediate risk subjects (10-year risk for cardiac events >10%) was 37.0% in group A vs 85.8% in group C (P <0.001). The incidence of newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus was higher in younger patients (12.0% vs 13.2% vs 7.1 % in groups A, B and C respectively, P = 0.027).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>FRS inadequately predicts cardiac risk in young patients presenting with a fi rst MI. This could be because a significant proportion of these young patients have undiagnosed diabetes mellitus, a coronary artery disease risk equivalent.</p>
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Algoritmos
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Factores Sexuales
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Estudios Retrospectivos
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Factores de Riesgo
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Factores de Edad
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Medición de Riesgo
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Complicaciones de la Diabetes
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Diagnóstico
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Infarto del Miocardio
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio de etiología
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Adulto
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Anciano
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Año:
2010
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