Calculator for risk of cardiovascular disease over 10 years

ASSIGN - new risk scoring tool

Existing risk calculators, such as that from Framingham, underestimate risk in deprived groups and in people from ethnic minorities such as British Asians. By adding social deprivation and family history to the formula we have produced a new tool for estimating risk, ASSIGN, which has the potential to reduce some of the social inequalities inherent in current CVD risk calculation methods. The new ASSIGN score is being evaluated for adoption in Scotland by Professor Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe and Professor Mark Woodward who led the project to develop ASSIGN.

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Press release from University of Dundee, Scotland, 7th November 2006 Heart. 2006 Nov 7;: 17090561
Adding social deprivation and family history to cardiovascular risk assessment-the ASSIGN score from the Scottish Heart Health Extended Cohort (SHHEC).