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Heart Disease Risk Calculator
Calculate Your 10-Year Risk for Developing Heart Disease
ARE YOU AT RISK FOR EXPERIENCING A HEART ATTACK?
Heart disease is the number one killer of American men and women. This calculator, based on the
Framingham Heart Study, estimates your risk for developing heart disease in the next 10 years. This
tool, widely used by doctors, is designed to estimate heart disease risk in adults aged 20 and older
who do not have heart disease or diabetes. (If you already have heart disease or diabetes, or if you
are outside of the age range of 20-79 years, this calculator does not apply to you.)
Before you get started, you will need to gather some information about your health. You may
need to contact your doctor's office and ask them to provide the following pieces of information for you:
- Your Total Cholesterol number
- Your HDL Cholesterol number (also called "good cholesterol")
- Your Systolic Blood Pressure number
(This is the "top" number in a blood pressure measurement. For example, if you have a
blood pressure reading of "120 over 80" - written as 120/80 - the systolic blood pressure
number is 120.)
Once you have obtained the above information, please proceed to the calculator tool to assess your
10-year risk for heart disease.
Last Updated: April 2007
This content was created by members of the DrugDigest team of experts and is solely under DrugDigest's editorial control.
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