PURPOSE Many individuals perceive their cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk to be lower
than established clinical tools would estimate, yet little is known about the long-term …

Lifetime risk estimation for cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been proposed as a useful
strategy to improve risk communication in the primary prevention setting. However, the …

Background Cost-effective primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) relies on
accuracy of risk assessment. Current risk scores require clinical and laboratory measures …

Background Participant‐reported health status is a key indicator of cardiovascular health,
but its predictive value relative to traditional and nontraditional risk factors is unknown. We …

We examined the association between self-rated risk of stroke or myocardial infarction and
actual morbidity and mortality by gender among participants of the Pawtucket Heart Health …

Background The currently used atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk calculator relies
on several measured variables and does not incorporate some well‐established risk factors …

Background People who rate their health as poor experience higher all-cause mortality.
Study of disease-specific association with self-rated health might increase understanding of …

Background The perception of cardiovascular (CV) risk is essential for adoption of healthy
behaviors. However, subjects underestimate their own risk. Hypothesis Clinical …

Introduction Self-rated health (SRH) predicts chronic disease morbidity including
cardiovascular disease (CVD). In a population-based cohort, we examined the association …

To develop a simple, patient self-report–based coronary heart disease (CHD) risk score for
adults without previously diagnosed CHD (Personal Heart Early Assessment Risk Tool …