title: [Use of risk factors in determining individual coronary risk].
abstract: The "Deutschland SCORE" has low predictive power and greatly overestimates the true risk of coronary heart disease in Germany. Widespread use of this score would lead to massive over-treatment. For this reason, we cannot recommend this score for general use.
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Arterioskleroseforschung, Domagkstrasse 3, 48147 Münster. cullen@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cullen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schulte
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Assmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015982:Bias; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors