Difference between revisions of "Galen eCalcs - Calculator: ARIC Coronary Heart Disease Risk"

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Description

The ARIC Coronary Heart Disease Risk assessment tool uses information from the ARIC stud. It is designed for adults, 45-65 years old, who do not have heart disease to predict the patient’s chance of having a heart attack in the next 10 years.

Optimal Levels of Risk Factors

Being a non-smoker
Total cholesterol of less than 200 mg/dL
HDL cholesterol greater than 60 mg/dL
Systolic blood pressure less than 120 mHg and not needing treatment for high blood pressure

Calculator Inputs

Input	Default Mappings
Sex	Yes
Ethnicity	Yes
Age	Yes
Total Cholesterol	Yes
HDL Cholesterol	Yes
Systolic BP	Yes
Blood Pressure Medication	Yes
History of Diabetes	Yes
Smoking Status	Yes

Calculator Outputs

Output	Description
10 Year Risk	The patient’s risk of heart attack within the next ten years
Average 10 Year Risk	The average risk of heart attack within the next ten years for a person of this gender, race, and age

References

http://www.aricnews.net/riskcalc/html/RC1.html

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 == Description ==
 The ARIC Coronary Heart Disease Risk assessment tool uses information from the ARIC stud.  It is designed for adults, 45-65 years old, who do not have heart disease to predict the patient’s chance of having a heart attack in the next 10 years.
+====Optimal Levels of Risk Factors====
+* Being a non-smoker
+* Total cholesterol of less than 200 mg/dL
+* HDL cholesterol greater than 60 mg/dL
+* Systolic blood pressure less than 120 mHg and not needing treatment for high blood pressure
 == Calculator Inputs ==
 {| class ="wikitable"
 ! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Input
-! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Type
+! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Default Mappings
-! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Description
 |-valign ="TOP"
-|Systolic Blood Pressure|| Vitals || Patient’s systolic blood pressure in mm Hg
+|Sex || Yes
 |-
-|Total Cholesterol || Results || Patient's total cholesterol in mg/dL
+|Ethnicity || Yes
 |-
-|HDL Cholesterol || Results || Patient’s high density lipoprotein count
+|Age || Yes
 |-
-|Smoking Status || Problems || Patient’s smoking status
+|Total Cholesterol || Yes
 |-
-|Diabetes || Problems || Patient’s diabetes status
+|HDL Cholesterol || Yes
 |-
-|Blood  Pressure Medication || Medications  || Whether or not the patient is current taking <br> medication to control their blood pressure
+|Systolic BP || Yes
-|}
+|-
+|Blood Pressure Medication || Yes
+|-
+|History of Diabetes || Yes
+|-
+|Smoking Status || Yes
+ |}
 == Calculator Outputs ==
 {| class ="wikitable"
 ! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Output
-! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Type
 ! style="background:#d0e5f5" | Description
 |-valign ="TOP"
-|10 Year Risk|| Result || The patient’s risk of heart attack within the next ten years
+|10 Year Risk|| The patient’s risk of heart attack within the next ten years
 |-
-|Average 10 Year Risk || Result || The average risk of heart attack within the next ten  <br>
+|Average 10 Year Risk || The average risk of heart attack within the next ten  <br>
 years for a person of this gender, race, and age
 |}