Calculate Your Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
This calculator will determine your risk of developing coronary heart disease over the next 10 years and compare this to the risk of others of the same age. Please fill out as much information as possible in the blue section and press the "calculate" button when finished.
Information for this Coronary Heart Disease Risk Calculator comes from the Framingham Heart Study. The results are applicable only for the ages of 30 to 74.
The original data are published in: Wilson PW, et al. Prediction of coronary heart disease using risk factor categories. Circulation 1998; 97 (18): 1837-1847.
Please consult with your physician if you have questions about how these results pertain to your care.
Gary P. Barnas, MD,
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine Article Created: 1999-04-07 Article Updated: 2000-06-08
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