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The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women

How to Estimate Your Risk

Use these risk tables to find your chances of having a heart attack in the next 10 years, given as a percentage. (See Major Risk Factors for Heart Disease for more information.)

	Points		Points
Age 20-34	-7	Age 55-59	8
Age 35-39	-3	Age 60-64	10
Age 40-34	0	Age 65-59	12
Age 45-49	3	Age 70-74	14
Age 50-54	6	Age 75-79	16

 

Total Cholesterol	Points
	Age 20-39	Age 40-49	Age 50-59	Age 60-69	Age 70-79
<160	0	0	0	0	0
160-199	4	3	2	1	1
200-239	8	6	4	2	1
240-279	11	8	5	3	2
≥280	13	10	7	4	2

 

	Points
	Age 20-39	Age 40-49	Age 50-59	Age 60-69	Age 70-79
Nonsmoker	0	0	0	0	0
Smoker	9	7	4	2	1

 

HDL (mg/dL)	Points	HDL (mg/dL)	Points
60	-1	40-49	1
50-50	0	<40	2

 

Systolic BP (mmHg)	Points		Systolic BP (mmHg)	Points
	If Untreated	If Treated		If Untreated	If Treated
<120	0	0	140-159	3	5
120-129	1	3	≥160	4	6
130-139	2	4

 

Point Total	10-Year Risk %	Point Total	10-Year Risk %	Point Total	10-Year Risk %
<9	<1	14	2	20	11
9	1	15	3	21	14
10	1	16	4	22	17
11	1	17	5	23	22
12	1	18	6	24	27
13	2	19	8	25	30

(Framingham Heart Study Point Scores)

 

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Last Updated: February 29, 2012