American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 99, Issue 9 , Pages 1236-1241 , 1 May 2007

A Coronary Heart Disease Risk Score Based on Patient-Reported Information

  • Arch G. Mainous III, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: 843-792-6986; fax: 843-792-3598.
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  • Richelle J. Koopman, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Vanessa A. Diaz, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Charles J. Everett, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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  • Peter W.F. Wilson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
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  • Barbara C. Tilley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

Received 8 November 2006 ,Revised 13 December 2006 ,Accepted 13 December 2006.

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 This work was supported in part by Grant No. 1D14 HP 00161 from the Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland; Grant No. 1 P30AG021677 from the National Institute on Aging; Grant No. 5P60MD000267 (EXPORT) from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; and Grant No. 051896 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study is conducted and supported by The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in collaboration with the ARIC Study Investigators.This work was prepared using a limited access dataset obtained by the NHLBI and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the ARIC Study or the NHLBI.

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.12.035

American Journal of Cardiology
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