Estimate Risk for Coronary Heart Disease
Estimate of 10-Year Risk for Coronary Heart Disease
Framingham Point Scores
The tables below are based on data from the landmark Framingham Heart Study, a long-term study of the people in Framingham, MA, and their offspring. It gives you a risk score, or chance of having a heart attack in the next 10 years. Use the risk score to find your category of risk and your goal LDL level. A risk score of 20% means that 20 of 100 people in that risk category will have a heart attack within 10 years.
Estimate of 10-Year Risk for Men
Framingham Point Scores by Age Group
| Age |
Points |
| 20-34 |
-9 |
| 35-39 |
-4 |
| 40-44 |
0 |
| 45-49 |
3 |
| 50-54 |
6 |
| 55-59 |
8 |
| 60-64 |
10 |
| 65-69 |
11 |
| 70-74 |
12 |
| 75-79 |
13 |
Framingham Point Scores by Age Group and Total Cholesterol
| Total Cholesterol |
Age 20-39 |
Age 40-49 |
Age 50-59 |
Age 60-69 |
Age 70-79 |
| <160 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 160-199 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| 200-239 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| 240-279 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
| 280+ |
11 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
Framingham Point Scores by Age and Smoking Status
|
Age 20-39 |
Age 40-49 |
Age 50-59 |
Age 60-69 |
Age 70-79 |
| Nonsmoker |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Smoker |
8 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
Framingham Point Scores by HDL Level
| HDL |
Points |
| 60+ |
-1 |
| 50-59 |
0 |
| 40-49 |
1 |
| <40 |
2 |
Framingham Point Scores by Systolic Blood Pressure and Treatment Status
| Systolic BP |
If Untreated |
If Treated |
| <120 |
0 |
0 |
| 120-129 |
0 |
1 |
| 130-139 |
1 |
2 |
| 140-159 |
1 |
2 |
| 160+ |
2 |
3 |
10-Year Risk by Total Framingham Point Scores
| Point Total |
10-Year Risk |
| < 0 |
< 1% |
| 0 |
1% |
| 1 |
1% |
| 2 |
1% |
| 3 |
1% |
| 4 |
1% |
| 5 |
2% |
| 6 |
2% |
| 7 |
3% |
| 8 |
4% |
| 9 |
5% |
| 10 |
6% |
| 11 |
8% |
| 12 |
10% |
| 13 |
12% |
| 14 |
16% |
| 15 |
20% |
| 16 |
25% |
| 17 or more |
 3 |
Framingham Point Scores by Age Group
| Age |
Points |
| 20-34 |
-7 |
| 35-39 |
-3 |
| 40-44 |
0 |
| 45-49 |
3 |
| 50-54 |
6 |
| 55-59 |
8 |
| 60-64 |
10 |
| 65-69 |
12 |
| 70-74 |
14 |
| 75-79 |
16 |
Framingham Point Scores by Age Group and Total Cholesterol
| Total Cholesterol |
Age 20-39 |
Age 40-49 |
Age 50-59 |
Age 60-69 |
Age 70-79 |
| <160 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 160-199 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| 200-239 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
| 240-279 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
| 280+ |
13 |
10 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
Framingham Point Scores by Age and Smoking Status
|
Age 20-39 |
Age 40-49 |
Age 50-59 |
Age 60-69 |
Age 70-79 |
| Nonsmoker |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Smoker |
9 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
|
Framingham Point Scores by HDL Level
| HDL |
Points |
| 60+ |
-1 |
| 50-59 |
0 |
| 40-49 |
1 |
| <40 |
|
Framingham Point Scores by Systolic Blood Pressure and Treatment Status
| Systolic BP |
If Untreated |
If Treated |
| <120 |
0 |
0 |
| 120-129 |
1 |
3 |
| 130-139 |
2 |
4 |
| 140-159 |
3 |
5 |
| 160+ |
4 |
6 |
10-Year Risk by Total Framingham Point Scores
| Point Total |
10-Year Risk |
| < 9 |
< 1% |
| 9 |
1% |
| 10 |
1% |
| 11 |
1% |
| 12 |
1% |
| 13 |
2% |
| 14 |
2% |
| 15 |
3% |
| 16 |
4% |
| 17 |
5% |
| 18 |
6% |
| 19 |
8% |
| 20 |
11% |
| 21 |
14% |
| 22 |
17% |
| 23 |
22% |
| 24 |
27% |
| 25 or more |
30% |
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