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. 2023 Aug 28;45(2):117–128. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad539

Table 1.

Parameters required to calculate risk when using the FRS, PCE, SCORE2, or MESA algorithms

FRS PCE SCORE2 MESA
Sex Sex Sex Sex
Age Age Age Age
Total cholesterol Total cholesterol Total cholesterol Total cholesterol
HDL-C HDL-C HDL-C HDL-C
Systolic blood pressure Systolic blood pressure Systolic blood pressure Systolic blood pressure
(Hypertension treatment) (Hypertension treatment) (Hypertension treatment)
(Lipid treatment)
Smoker Smoker Smoker Smoker
(Diabetes) (Diabetes) (Diabetes) (Diabetes)
(Race) (Race)
Geographic risk region
(Family history of cardiovascular disease)
Coronary artery calcium

Parameters shown in brackets were not considered in this analysis.

FRS, Framingham Risk Score; PCE, Pooled Cohort Equation; SCORE2, Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation 2; MESA, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.