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WHOCVRisk: Calculating cardiovascular disease risk based on WHO cardiovascular disease risk charts: revised models to estimate risk in 21 global regions.

Description

Calculating cardiovascular disease risk based on WHO cardiovascular disease risk charts

Usage

WHOCVRisk(region, age, gender, smoke, sbp, bmi = NULL, dm = NULL, chol = NULL)

Arguments

region	Region of residence including Andean Latin America, Australasia, Caribbean, Central Asia, Central Europe, Central Latin America, Central Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, Eastern Europe, Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa, High-Income Asia Pacific, High-Income North America, North Afrika and Middle East, Oceania, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Southern Latin America, Southern Sub-Saharan Africa, Tropical Latin America, Western Europe, Western Sub-Saharan Africa.
age	Age from 40 to 74.
gender	Gender including "M" Male and "F" Female.
smoke	Smoke including "Smoker" and "Non-smoker".
sbp	SBP in (mmHg).
bmi	BMI (Only when lab data is not available). BMI= Weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.
dm	Diabetes (Only when lab data is available) including "Yes" Diabetic and "No" Non-Diabetic.
chol	Total cholesterol in (mmol/l) (Only when lab data is available).

Value

Output is the World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk revised estimates based on 21 global regions.

Examples

Example when lab data is not available

  WHOCVRisk(region="High-Income Asia Pacific",
         age=50,gender="F",smoke="Smoker",
         bmi=27,sbp=160)

Example when lab data is available

  WHOCVRisk(region="High-Income Asia Pacific",
         age=50,gender="F",smoke="Smoker",
         sbp=160,dm="Yes",chol=4.5)

mhajihos/WHOCVRisk documentation built on April 15, 2022, 5:52 a.m.