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Table 2 Cardiovascular risk scoring tools reported in the review

From: Factors influencing the implementation of cardiovascular risk scoring in primary care: a mixed-method systematic review

Tool (Acronym and definition)

Studies

Countries in which these tools were used

ESC SCORE risk charts

The European Society of Cardiology-Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation

[32,33,34,35,36,37,38]

Switzerland, Brazil, the USA, Greece, Chile, Venezuela, Portugal, The Netherlands, Central America (Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and Guatemala), Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the UK.

Framingham Risk Score

[32, 34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42]

Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, Brazil, the USA, Greece, Chile, Venezuela, Portugal, The Netherlands, Central America (Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and Guatemala), Austria, Belgium, Egypt, France, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Framingham Risk Score—Modified

[32, 35, 37]

Turkey, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK

PRECARD

A program for the Copenhagen Risk Score

[43]

Denmark

Cardiovascular Risk PROCAM Score

Cardiovascular Risk (Prospective Cardiovascular Munster) Score

[34, 38]

Switzerland, Brazil, The USA, Greece, Chile, Venezuela, Portugal, The Netherlands, Central America (Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and Guatemala)

AGLA Risk Score (ARS)

A PROCAM–derived Swiss risk score

[34]

Switzerland

New-Zealand Risk Score

[34, 44,45,46,47,48]

Australia, Switzerland and New Zealand

Framingham - REGICOR

Registre Gironi del cor—A Spanish adaptation of the Framingham

[39]

Spain

JBS Risk Calculator

Joint British Societies for the prevention of cardiovascular disease Risk Calculator

{39, 41, 45, 47, 50]

Australia, The UK, Brazil, The USA, Greece, Chile, Venezuela, Portugal, Germany, The Netherlands, Central America (Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador and Guatemala) and Egypt

WHO/ISH cardiovascular risk prediction charts

The World Health Organisation and the International Society of Hypertension

[40, 49, 50]

Argentina, Egypt, and Jordan

QRisk

[40, 41]

The UK and Egypt