Seminar - Monitoring absolute cardiovascular risk: how often do we need to re-measure?
16 May 2012
Speakers: KatyBell, University of Sydney and Andrew Hayen, University of New South Wales
Abstract
Clinicians are encouraged to start blood pressure and lipid lowering treatment on the basis of an individual's overall risk of a cardiovascular event, rather than the blood pressure or lipid level alone. However there is uncertainty as to when we should re-measure an individual's risk if treatment isn't needed. We used data from the Tokyo Health Check-up Study (n=13758) and the Framingham Study (n=3855) to estimate the probability of becoming high risk among individuals not on treatment after increasing intervals of follow up. We also examined the probability of changes in risk on re-measurement after only a few weeks, using data in the NHANES Study. We will present the results of these analyses and discuss implications for how cardiovascular risk may be monitored among individuals initially not at high risk.
Hosted by Screening & Test Evaluation Program (STEP), School of Public Health
Time: 1 - 2pm
Location: Chemistry Lecture Theatre 4, University of Sydney
Contact: Jessica Frazer
Phone: 02 9351 5994
Email: 3b2245315c5057682a27184a0746060300213c150b792d2814542c36