1. QRISK 3 – Clare Hawley - Summary slide
CVD is the leading cause of mortality & disability in the UK & is largely preventable
The ability to estimate a person’s CV risk, based on their modifiable & non modifiable risk factors, is helpful in communicating this risk and informing the need for lifestyle change & primary prevention
In people without existing CVD, QRISK3 score can:
Predict the likelihood of a CV event over the next 10-years
Calculate the heart age, giving an idea of lifetime risk which can be more meaningful to younger people and might avoid over treatment in otherwise fit and healthy elderly people
Inform the benefit of risk factor modification
In people without existing CVD the QResearch cardiovascular disease risk algorithm (QRISK) score, can be used to assess the likelihood of stroke or heart attack over the next 10-years, heart age, effect of risk factor modification