Among those with new CVD, the group with the lowest median QRISK2 baseline score was the AATD group at 19.4 vs. the COPD group (31.8) and the healthy control group (33.9). Reference: ...

More information: Samuel Finnikin et al. Statin initiations and QRISK2 scoring in UK general practice: a THIN database study, British Journal of General Practice (2017). DOI: 10.3399/bjgp17X693485 ...

QRisk2, an equation developed to help doctors identify those most at risk of developing CVD for the first time, simultaneously takes into account extra risk from ethnicity, social deprivation and ...

QRisk2, an equation developed to help doctors identify those most at risk of developing CVD for the first time, simultaneously takes into account extra risk from ethnicity, social deprivation and ...

QRISK2 uses a new cardiovascular disease (CVD) equation to estimate an individual’s risk of developing the heart condition over the next 10 years and draws on analysis of 15 years’ worth of ...

QRisk2 also indicated that Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi women's risk of CVD was 43 per cent, 80 per cent and 35 per cent higher, respectively, ...

QRISK2 will support Government plans for a £250 million national cardiovascular screening programme, which will offer checks to everyone between the ages of 40 and 70. Due to be implemented over ...

Dear colleague QRISK2 review process You may have heard of today’s announcement from TPP about the issues with the QRISK2 score calculator integrated into ‘SystmOne’ (appendix 1) for background). We ...

They are asking physicians to use the QRISK2 risk-assessment calculator in individuals aged 40 to 74 years old who are likely to be at high risk for cardiovascular disease.

We selected the cohort study by Hippisley-Cox et al. (2017) for a full commentary because it is directly relevant to the existing recommended risk tool, QRISK2, has a potential impact on the guideline ...

Though the original update only covered patients given a QRISK2 score since October 2015, TPP has said that some of the problems have been present since 2009. GP leaders told Pulse ‘pop up’ alerts had ...

“Qrisk2 has been developed for GPs, by GPs and without the co-operation of the thousands of working GPs who freely contribute their data to QResearch, projects like QRisk2 could not happen.” ...