Framingham Risk Score Calculator (2008 General CVD)

It reproduces the D’Agostino 2008 lipid-based continuous equation for a 10-year population-model estimate of a first broad general cardiovascular disease event in eligible adults aged 30–74 without established cardiovascular disease.

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The general-CVD endpoint includes coronary death, myocardial infarction, coronary insufficiency, angina, ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, transient ischemic attack, peripheral artery disease, and heart failure. It is not an ASCVD-only or coronary-only endpoint.

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The original lipid-based equation was developed for adults aged 30–74 without established cardiovascular disease at baseline and estimates a first event. This page does not extrapolate it to pregnancy, known CVD, or ages outside that range.

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It uses age, the original male or female coefficient branch, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, treated or untreated blood-pressure status, current smoking, and diabetes. It produces no result when established CVD is known or uncertain because the model estimates a first event.

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No. Hard CHD Framingham calculators use a narrower coronary endpoint. This page uses the broader 2008 General CVD composite, so the two percentages are not interchangeable and no Hard CHD result is calculated here.

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No. This is a named historical Framingham General CVD model. Current 2026 U.S. dyslipidemia guidance uses PREVENT-ASCVD for its applicable primary-prevention lipid pathway. The models have different endpoints, predictors, calibration, and clinical uses, so their percentages and thresholds are not interchangeable.

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No. Current Canadian guidance uses FRS or CLEM, and the CCS publishes a modified FRS pathway whose tool includes family-history handling and heart age. This page does not apply those modifications, Canadian risk categories, or Canadian treatment thresholds.

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No. The Framingham Heart Study also published a separate simpler BMI-based model, and some Framingham tools display heart or vascular age. This page runs only the 2008 lipid-based continuous General CVD equation and does not calculate those additional outputs.

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No. It is a population-model estimate, not a prescription, diagnostic result, or automatic treatment decision. Use the relevant current guideline, clinical history and professional judgment.

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