Improving Global Vascular Risk Prediction With Behavioral and Anthropometric Factors

This study sought to improve global vascular risk prediction with behavioral and anthropometric factors. Few cardiovascular risk models are designed to predict the global vascular risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, or vascular death in multiethnic individuals, and existing schemes do not fully include behavioral risk factors. A randomly derived, population-based, prospective cohort of 2,737 community participants free of stroke and coronary...