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The Case Against Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment
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<blockquote data-quote="DragonBits" data-source="post: 237299" data-attributes="member: 18023"><p>When I looked at the ASCVD calculator, if I put in my age of 70, male, I have to take a statin. Basically, end of story.</p><p></p><p>Meaning, it doesn't matter what my blood pressure is, it doesn't matter what my Total cholesterol is, it doesn't matter what my HDL is. Sure, if I put in more negative numbers my risk goes up, but virtually every number will require a statin. </p><p></p><p>Even if everything is perfect, my risk will still be at least 7.7% and require a statin. That is with 100 Systolic blood pressure, HDL of 70, total cholesterol of 110. NOTE these are not my number, I was just playing around. </p><p></p><p>I suspect this is basically because the leading cause of death all around the world for males over 40 is heart disease. By far. </p><p></p><p>They make these calculators, but it's configured to basically say 99% of all men age 70 should take a statin. I guess if you are younger and your number are a lot worse, then it's more useful, but males at age 65+ they should say just say we don't care what your test results are, just take a statin</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DragonBits, post: 237299, member: 18023"] When I looked at the ASCVD calculator, if I put in my age of 70, male, I have to take a statin. Basically, end of story. Meaning, it doesn't matter what my blood pressure is, it doesn't matter what my Total cholesterol is, it doesn't matter what my HDL is. Sure, if I put in more negative numbers my risk goes up, but virtually every number will require a statin. Even if everything is perfect, my risk will still be at least 7.7% and require a statin. That is with 100 Systolic blood pressure, HDL of 70, total cholesterol of 110. NOTE these are not my number, I was just playing around. I suspect this is basically because the leading cause of death all around the world for males over 40 is heart disease. By far. They make these calculators, but it's configured to basically say 99% of all men age 70 should take a statin. I guess if you are younger and your number are a lot worse, then it's more useful, but males at age 65+ they should say just say we don't care what your test results are, just take a statin [/QUOTE]
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