Healio (9/23, Demko) reports, “Current risk prediction algorithms for cardiovascular disease that do not include severe mental illness as a predictor could be underestimating” cardiovascular disease (CVD) “risk by as much as 60%,” research indicated. The findings of the “prospective cohort study of 495,388 primary care patients aged 30 to 74 years without prior CVD (the PREDICT study)” were published online Sept. 18 in PLOS ONE.
Related Links:
— “Cardiovascular disease risk may be underestimated among mentally ill, “Savannah Demko, Healio, September 23, 2019