Indigenous CVD Risk Calculator

This is the first app for assessment of absolute cardiovascular risk in Indigenous Australians based on prediction models developed using a large Indigenous cohort.

This app helps to estimate the absolute five-year cardiovascular risk of Indigenous Australians and stratify the assessed person as one with high, moderate or low risk. A summary of guidelines for management of cardiovascular risk is provided based on the calculated risk. Two equations are used in this app: (1) the Primary Equation requires input from seven risk factors including sex, diabetes, age, systolic blood pressure, waist circumference, triglycerides and albumin:creatinine ratio; and (2) the Reduced-information Equation requires input from five risk factors that do not require any laboratory test. These equations were derived from the prediction models developed by Dr An Tran-Duy (developer of this app) and co-workers, which have been internally validated in an Indigenous cohort in North Queensland, Australia.

The cardiovascular event in this app indicates one of the following endpoints: coronary heart disease (coronary insufficiency, myocardial infarction, or angina pectoris), cerebrovascular events (ischemic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke or transient ischemic attack), congestive heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, or coronary deaths. For more information, see:

Tran-Duy A, McDermott R, Knight J, et al. Development and Use of Prediction Models for Classification of Cardiovascular Risk of Remote Indigenous Australians. Heart, Lung and Circulation 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2019.02.005 .