Question 338 · LEK · Cardiovascular risk and prevention of cardiovascular diseases
The SCORE Risk Chart, used in Poland for the assessment of a 10-year risk of cardiovascular death, includes the influence of:
1) triglyceride concentration;
2) HDL-cholesterol concentration;
3) glucose concentration;
4) total cholesterol concentration;
5) LDL-cholesterol concentration.
The correct answer is:
2) HDL-cholesterol concentration;
3) glucose concentration;
4) total cholesterol concentration;
5) LDL-cholesterol concentration.
The correct answer is:
- A. 4,5.
- B. 1,2,4.
- C. 3,4,5.
- D. only 4.
- E. only 5.
Hint
Recall the five variables on the classic SCORE chart: sex, age, smoking, systolic pressure and a single lipid parameter.
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