Recalibration of the Framingham coronary heart disease risk score for a selected Sri Lankan population and its association with carotid artery intima-media thickness: A cross-sectional study
The recalibrated FRS models provided lower overall CHD risk estimates while maintaining stronger associations with CIMT than the original FRS, supporting their improved applicability for CHD risk prediction in the Sri Lankan population.
Authors
- Lal Gotabaya Chandrasena
- Prakash P. Priyadharshan
- Rajitha Wickremasinghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6174-6784)
- Visula Abeysuriya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7583-602X)
Institutions
- University of Kelaniya (LK)
- Nawaloka Hospital (LK)
- University of Colombo (LK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JRSM Cardiovascular Disease
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/20480040251405685
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00