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September 10, 2025Journal of the American Heart AssociationOpen Access

Comparison of Short‐ and Long‐Term Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment Tools in US Young Adults

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YZYiyi ZhangMXMengying XiaHZHui Zhou

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Overview

Comparative analysis highlights PREVENT's advantages for short-term ASCVD risk and limitations for long-term assessment.

Key Points

  • PREVENT improved 10-year ASCVD risk discrimination over Pooled Cohort Equations in young adults, showing the need for better risk tools.
  • Among young adults, PREVENT underestimated 30-year ASCVD risk while FHS equations demonstrated accurate calibration.
  • Both epidemiologic cohorts and health records indicate variability in ASCVD risk assessment across different models.
  • The study's findings suggest that demographic factors may influence the performance of risk assessment tools.

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Zhang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23caeb210217d6478a3b0https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.125.042392
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