Anthropometry and Cardiovascular Disease Prediction

We are developing a prognostic model to estimate the risk of cardiovascular (CVD) mortality over ten-year period. The model will incorporate anthropometrics into the CVD risk estimations as an improvement over the usual CVD risk models.

This goal will be achieved via examining both ‘prognostic value’ of adding anthropometric variables into the current set of the SCORE’s risk predictors and the prognostic value of replacing blood cholesterol levels by anthropometric measures. The latter might facilitate the estimation of CVD risk in large populations without requiring laboratory involvement.

For further information e-mail mansour.taghavi-azar-sharabiani05@imperial.ac.uk