title: Risk factors: new risk-assessment guidelines-more or less personalized?
abstract: The new ACC/AHA cardiovascular-risk guidelines feature updated equations for women, distinct equations for African–American individuals, and include stroke prediction. However, the equations rely on the same traditional risk factors as previous versions, are driven predominantly by age, and curtail the intermediate-risk group, in which personalized risk assessment is recommended.
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Carnegie 565A, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Blaha
authors.affiliation: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Carnegie 565A, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Roger S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Blumenthal
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers