Strength of Evidence:
4 out of 4
Year Published:
2018
Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors
Description of Resource:
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of adding the ankle-brachial index, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level, or coronary artery calcium score to traditional risk assessment for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in asymptomatic adults to prevent CVD events. This is an I statement, which means evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be determined.
Developed By:
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Developer Type:
Federal Government
Healthy People 2020 Topic Area(s):
Heart Disease and Stroke
Healthy People 2020 Objectives:
Resource Type:
Systematic Review
Citation:
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors recommendation statement [Internet]. 2018 Jul [cited 2018 Jul 10]. Available from: https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
