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European Heart Journal 2003 24(19):1796; doi:10.1016/S0195-668X(03)00472-X
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Letter to the Editor

Population-based cardiovascular risk prediction

J Muller-Nordhorn*

Institut of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charite Hospital, Berlin, Germany

* Correspondence to: Tel: +49 30 450 529026; Fax: +49 30 450 529902
E-mail address: jacqueline.mueller-nordhorn@charite.de

Received 24 June 2003; accepted 29 July 2003

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In the May 2003 issue, Hense et al.1compared the predicted risk of coronary heart disease to the observed risk in participants of two distinct German cohorts-the PROCAM and the MONICA Augsburg studies-using the Framingham risk equation. The authors conclude that the Framingham risk function overestimates . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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