Abstract:Aims: Death due to cardiovascular diseases (CVD) increased significantly in China. One way to reduce CVD is to identify people at risk and provide targeted intervention. We aim to develop and validate a CVD risk prediction model for Chinese males (CVDMCM) to help clinicians identify those at risk of CVD and provide targeted intervention.
Methods and Results: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 2331 Chinese males without prior CVD to develop and internally validate the CVDMCM. These participants had … Show more
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