a simple method for calculation of cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes−−The Glasgow Chart Published by:

Aims Current guidelines for lipid lowering as primaryprevention advocate a treatment threshold 10-year coronary heart disease (CHD) risk of> 30%. There is a variety of methods of calculating CHD risk, of varying complexity, which incorporate different factors. We aimed to determine if different methods of CHD risk calculation give different results and if a simpler method of CHD risk calculation could be developed for type 2 diabetes. Methods Using three recognised methods based on the Framingham equation, CHD risk was calculated for 200 consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes attending the clinic. A simple method of establishing those who should be treated with lipid-lowering agents wa