Pooled Cohort Equations and the competing risk of cardiovascular disease versus cancer: Multi-Ethnic study of atherosclerosis

• Main Authors: Seamus P. Whelton (Author), Catherine Handy Marshall (Author), Miguel Cainzos-Achirica (Author), Omar Dzaye (Author), Roger S. Blumenthal (Author), Khurram Nasir (Author), Robyn L. McClelland (Author), Michael J. Blaha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: many of the modifiable variables in the Pooled Cohort Equations (PCE) are shared risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer, which are the two leading causes of death in the United States. We sought to determine the utility of the PCE risk for the synergistic risk predictio...