Aanbevelingen voor de preventie van cardiovasculaire aandoeningen in de klinische praktijk. Belgische Nationale Werkgroep voor de Preventie van Hart- en Vaatziekten

The prevalence of concomitant hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia in the general population

“…In non-diabetic subjects free of CHD the concept of multifactorial cardiovascular risk was defined according to the SCORE-Belgium equations, a SCORE-like model calibrated to the Belgian characteristics [5]. The risk score is based on the classical coronary risk factors age, sex, smoking, systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol, and estimates an individual's probability of fatal cardiovascular disease during the next 10 years.…”

“…The aims of our analyses were to estimate the prevalence of concurrent raised blood pressure and total cholesterol levels in the Belgian adult population according to lifestyle characteristics, and to study the distribution of multifactorial risk as estimated by the Belgian SCORE model in this particular subpopulation [5].…”