The cvd risk calculator works out 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease and cvd risk from age, diabetes vs, hdl cholesterol, hypertension vs, sex, smoker vs, systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol. Enter what you have and the relationship is applied straight away, so you get the answer without working through the algebra yourself.
What Is the CVD Risk Calculator?
The cvd risk calculator gives you an estimate of 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease and cvd risk based on age, diabetes vs, hdl cholesterol, hypertension vs, sex, smoker vs, systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol.
It is a quick reference figure rather than a diagnosis, and it is most useful for tracking how a number moves over time rather than for interpreting a single reading.
How the CVD Risk Estimate Is Worked Out
The calculation follows published reference relationships, so it is a reasonable approximation when the inputs are accurate. It assumes an average adult and does not account for individual variation.
If you are comparing two people, or the same person over a period of weeks, keep the method and the inputs identical. A change in the method can easily look like a change in the person.
What This Calculator Does Not Do
It does not diagnose anything, and it does not replace advice from a clinician. If a figure comes out at an extreme, or if it differs sharply from what you expect, that is a reason to speak to a professional rather than to adjust the inputs.
Nothing you type here is stored or sent anywhere. The whole calculation happens in your browser.
A Worked Example
Working through an example, with age set to 10, diabetes vs set to 1, hdl cholesterol set to 5, the calculator returns cvd risk of 2, and 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease of 0. Substitute your own figures and the same steps produce the same kind of answer.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do I need to work out 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease?
Enter age, diabetes vs, hdl cholesterol, hypertension vs, sex, smoker vs, systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol. The calculator then works through the relationship and reports 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease and cvd risk.
What does the cvd risk actually calculate?
It takes age, diabetes vs, hdl cholesterol, hypertension vs, sex, smoker vs, systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol and converts them into 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease and cvd risk using the standard relationship for this problem. Each step is applied in turn, so every output is traceable back to the numbers you typed in.
How should I enter age?
Use the value you actually have, in the unit shown next to the field. Enter every value in the same unit system. The calculator assumes the figures you supply are consistent, so it cannot correct a mistake that happens before the calculation starts.
Do I have to fill in every field?
Only the fields a particular result depends on. If you leave one blank, the results that need it simply show a note instead of a number, and everything else still works.
Is the answer exact?
It is as exact as the formula and the inputs allow. The method itself is the standard one for this problem, so the only sources of error are the figures you enter and the precision you ask for.