New health calculator can help predict heart disease risk, estimate heart age

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) A new online health calculator can help people determine their risk of heart disease, as well as their heart age, accounting for sociodemographic factors such as ethnicity, sense of belonging and education, as well as health status and lifestyle behaviors. The process to build and validate the tool is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news