The Framingham Heart Study
Hard Coronary Heart Disease
(based on The Adult Treatment Panel III, JAMA. 2001)
Outcome
Hard coronary heart disease (HCHD) (myocardial infarction or coronary death)
Duration of follow-up
Maximum of 12 years with risk calculated at 10 years
Population of interest
Individuals free of CHD, intermittent claudication and diabetes, 30-79 years of age
Predictors
  • Age
  • Total cholesterol
  • HDL
  • SBP
  • Treatment for hypertension
  • Smoking status
Estimate of 10-Year Risk for Men
Framingham
Point Scores
Age Points
20 - 34 - 9
35 - 39 - 4
40 - 44 0
45 - 49 3
50 - 54 6
55 - 59 8
60 - 64 10
65 - 69 11
70 - 74 12
75 - 79 13
point by age
Total Cholesterol 20 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 - 79
< 160 0 0 0 0 0
160 - 199 4 3 2 1 0
200 - 239 7 5 3 1 0
240 - 279 9 6 4 2 1
≥ 280 11 8 5 3 1
Nonsmoker 0 0 0 0 0
Smoker 8 5 3 1 1
HDL (mg/dL) Points
≥ 60 - 1
50 - 59 0
40 - 49 1
< 40 2
Systolic BP (mmHg) if untreated if treated
< 120 0 0
120 - 129 0 1
130 - 139 1 2
140 - 159 1 2
≥ 160 2 3
Point Total 10-year risk
< 0 < 1
0 1
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 2
6 2
7 3
8 4
9 5
10 6
11 8
12 10
13 12
14 16
15 20
16 25
≥ 17 ≥ 30
Estimate of 10-Year Risk for Women
Framingham
Point Scores
Age Points
20 - 34 - 7
35 - 39 - 3
40 - 44 0
45 - 49 3
50 - 54 6
55 - 59 8
60 - 64 10
65 - 69 12
70 - 74 14
75 - 79 16
point by age
Total Cholesterol 20 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 - 79
< 160 0 0 0 0 0
160 - 199 4 3 2 1 1
200 - 239 8 6 4 2 1
240 - 279 11 8 5 3 2
≥ 280 13 10 7 4 2
Nonsmoker 0 0 0 0 0
Smoker 9 7 4 2 1
HDL (mg/dL) Points
≥ 60 - 1
50 - 59 0
40 - 49 1
< 40 2
Systolic BP (mmHg) if untreated if treated
< 120 0 0
120 - 129 1 3
130 - 139 2 4
140 - 159 3 5
≥ 160 4 6
Point Total 10-year risk
< 9 < 1
9 1
10 1
11 1
12 1
13 2
14 2
15 3
16 4
17 5
18 6
19 8
20 11
21 14
22 17
23 22
24 27
≥ 25 ≥ 30
HARD CHD FUNCTION
Outcome: Hard CHD
Gender MEN (n=4261) Gender WOMEN (n=5182)
Independent Variable Cox Parameter Coefficient MeansIndependent Variable Cox Parameter Coefficient Means
Ln(AGE) 52.009610 3.8926095 Ln(AGE) 31.764001 3.9213204
Ln(TOTAL) 20.014077 5.3441475 Ln(TOTAL) 22.465206 5.3628984
Ln(HDL CHOL) -0.905964 3.7731132 Ln(HDL CHOL) -1.187731 4.0146369
Ln(SBP) 1.305784 4.8618212 Ln(SBP) 2.552905 4.8376494
TRT for HTN (SBP > 120) 0.241549 0.1180474 TRT for HTN (SBP > 120) 0.420251 0.1428020
CURRENT SMOKER 12.096316 0.3356020 CURRENT SMOKER 13.075430 0.3236202
Ln(AGE)*Ln(TOTAL) -4.605038 20.8111562 Ln(AGE)*Ln(TOTAL) -5.060998 21.0557746
Ln(AGE)*SMOKER† -2.843670 1.2890301 Ln(AGE)*SMOKER‡ -2.996945 1.2519882
Ln(AGE)*Ln(AGE) -2.933230 15.2144965
Average 10 Year Survival = 0.940200 Average 10 Year Survival = 0.987670
† If Age > 70 then use Ln(70)*SMOKER
‡ If Age > 78 then use Ln(78)*SMOKER
NOTE: Age Range = 30 to 79