This downloadable
Excel spreadsheet, developed by Boston University, uses recent data from the
Framingham Heart Study to estimate 10-year risk for "hard" coronary heart
disease outcomes (myocardial infarction and coronary death) in adults who do not
have heart disease or diabetes. Determining 10-year (short term) risk for
developing CHD is carried out using Framingham risk scoring. The risk factors
included in the Framingham calculation are age, total cholesterol, HDL
cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, treatment for hypertension, and cigarette
smoking. Because of a larger database, Framingham estimates are more robust for
total cholesterol than for LDL cholesterol. Note, however, that LDL cholesterol
remains the primary target of therapy.