Assessing the Performance of the Framingham Stroke Risk Score in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Cohort

News Saturday, July 5th, 2014

STROKEAHA:  April 15, 2014

Background and Purpose—The most well-known stroke risk score is the Framingham Stroke Risk Score (FSRS), which was developed during the higher stroke risk period of the 1990s and has not been validated for blacks. We assessed the performance of the FSRS among participants in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study to determine whether it is useful in both blacks and whites.

Methods—Expected annualized stroke rates from the FSRS were compared with observed stroke rates overall and within strata defined by FSRS risk factors (age, sex, systolic blood pressure, use of antihypertensive medications, diabetes mellitus, smoking, atrial fibrillation, left ventricular hypertrophy, and prevalent coronary heart disease). Read More

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