Utility of repeat serum cholesterol measurements for assessment of cardiovascular risk in primary prevention
Conclusions
We observed only minor changes of total cholesterol over time. SCORE-estimates using 5- or 10-year-old total cholesterol had a high sensitivity, specificity and test accuracy to identify subjects at high cardiovascular disease risk and resulted in low misclassification rates.
Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Angelow, A., Schmidt, C. O., Dörr, M., Chenot, J.-F. Tags: Original scientific paper Source Type: research
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