Estimation of the 10-Year Risk of Fatal Cardiovascular Disease in the Portuguese Population: Results from the First Portuguese Health Examination Survey (INSEF 2015)

• Published in: Acta Médica Portuguesa
• Main Authors: Gaio, Vânia, Rodrigues, Ana Paula, Kislaya, Irina, Barreto, Marta, Namorado, Sónia, Dias, Carlos Matias
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ordem dos Médicos 2021
• Subjects: Cardiovascular Diseases; Risk Assessment; Socioeconomic Factors; Risk Factors; INSEF; Inquérito Nacional de Saúde com Exame Físico; Doenças Cardiovasculares; Estados de Saúde e de Doença; Portugal; Elevado; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/7510; https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.13009

Abstract in English, Portuguese Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Portugal and globally. Cardiovascular risk algorithms, namely the SCORE (Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation), are recommended in the context of cardiovascular disease prevention....