title: Cardiovascular risk assessment in hypertensive patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to assess cardiovascular risk by means of the traditional Framingham score and the version modified through the incorporation of emerging risk factors, such as family history of acute myocardial infarction, metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  participants were 50 hypertensive patients under outpatient treatment. The clinical data were collected through a semi-structured interview and the laboratory data from patients' histories.
  
  
  RESULTS
  it was verified that the traditional Framingham score was predominantly low (74%), with 14% showing medium risk and 12% high risk. After the inclusion of emerging risk factors, the chance of a coronary event was low in 22% of the cases, medium in 56% and high in 22%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the comparison between the traditional Framingham risk score and the modified version demonstrated a significant difference in the cardiovascular risk classification, whose correlation shows discreet agreement between the two scales. Lifestyle elements seem to play a determinant role in the increase in cardiovascular risk levels.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Faculdade de Medicina, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil. elaineamp@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Elaine Amaral
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: de Paula
authors.forename: Rogério Baumgratz
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: de Paula
authors.forename: Darcília Maria Nagen
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.forename: Fernando Antonio Basile
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Colugnati
authors.forename: Elenir Pereira
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: de Paiva
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors