TY  - JOUR
T1  - MArkers for prediction of cardiovascular disease risk—reply
AU  - Yeboah J, Greenland P, Herrington DM
Y1  - 2012/12/26
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.25796
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 2561
EP  - 2562
VL  - 308
IS  - 24
N2  - 
In Reply: Our study showed the superiority of CAC for improving discrimination for incident CHD and CVD in individuals classified as intermediate risk by the Framingham risk score. We agree with Dr Kavousi and colleagues that contemporary CHD risk prediction models such as the Framingham risk score are not necessarily optimized to also predict CVD, which typically includes cerebrovascular outcomes in the composite definition. This is an important limitation to bear in mind as the scientific and clinical communities seek to broaden the scope of vascular disease outcomes that are targeted by prediction and prevention measures.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.25796
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.25796
ER  -