Women Up, Men Down: The Clinical Impact of Replacing the Framingham Risk Score with the Reynolds Risk Score in the United States Population

Matthew C. Tattersall; Ronald E. Gangnon; Kunal N. Karmali; Jon G. Keevil

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044347

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Women Up, Men Down: The Clinical Impact of Replacing the Framingham Risk Score with the Reynolds Risk Score in the United States Population

Matthew C. Tattersall,

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Ronald E. Gangnon,

Affiliation Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Kunal N. Karmali,

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Jon G. Keevil

* E-mail: jgk@medicine.wisc.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Women Up, Men Down: The Clinical Impact of Replacing the Framingham Risk Score with the Reynolds Risk Score in the United States Population

Matthew C. Tattersall,
Ronald E. Gangnon,
Kunal N. Karmali,
Jon G. Keevil

Published: September 12, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044347

About the Authors

Matthew C. Tattersall

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Ronald E. Gangnon

Affiliation Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Kunal N. Karmali

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Jon G. Keevil

* E-mail: jgk@medicine.wisc.edu

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCT KNK JGK. Performed the experiments: MCT KNK JGK. Analyzed the data: REG MCT KNK JGK. Wrote the paper: REG MCT KNK JGK.

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