A comparison of two risk prediction tools used to calculate an individual's risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) suggests that the long-term, 30-year risk should be considered in addition to the short-term, 10-year risk to help inform when to begin medication therapy for stage 1 hypertension, or high blood pressure, according to new...
A comparison of two risk prediction tools used to calculate an individual's risk of developing cardiovascular disease suggests that the long-term, 30-year risk should be considered in addition to the short-term, 10-year risk to help inform when to begin medication therapy for stage 1 hypertension, or high blood pressure , according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.
Paul Muntner, Ph.D., M.H.S., FAHA, lead study author and visiting professor in the department of epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham The Pooled Cohort Equations were designed to assess 10-year risk of heart attack and stroke for individuals ages 40 to 79, however, PREVENT can assess CVD risk in individuals from ages 30 to 79, and can predict risk for heart attack, stroke and/or heart failure over the next 10 years and 30 years.
"Many people with stage 1 high blood pressure who are not likely to have a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure within the next 10 years may have a high risk over the next 30 years," Muntner said. "People may want to discuss this with their doctors and consider starting antihypertensive medication to lower their blood pressure to reduce their risk for heart attack, stroke and heart failure across their lifetime even if they have a low short-term risk.
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