Table 1.

Predictors of cardiovascular risk calculated according to the Framingham Risk Score including lipids or body mass index, the Prospective Cardiovascular Münster Study Score including lipids or body mass index, the German version of the European Society of Cardiology Score including total cholesterol or total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein

Predictors	FRS		PROCAM		ESC
	Lipid	BMI	Lipid	BMI	TC	TC/HDL
Age, gender, smoking, systolic blood pressure	X	X	X	X	X	X
Diabetes	X	X	X	X
Antihypertensives	X	X		X
Family history			X	X
Cholesterol, triglycerides	Total, HDL		LDL, HDL, Triglycerides		Total	Total, HDL
Anthropometry		X		Height, weight
Calculated 10-year risk	Cardiovascular diseases		Myocardial infarction		Cardiovascular death including fatal stroke

FRS Framingham Risk Score, PROCAM Prospective Cardiovascular Münster Study Score, ESC European Society of Cardiology Score, BMI body mass index, TC total cholesterol, HDL high-density lipoprotein