article_snippet: Scientists have developed a scoring system to predict the risk of developing heart disease or a stroke within ten years.
article_snippet: The Globorisk calculator, developed to work out risk in any country, can be used for adults aged 40 and over using information about Scientists individual health and from national databases.
article_snippet: The US team that developed the system tested the system in 11 countries, including England, where the proportion of men found to be at high risk of having a fatal heart attack or stroke within ten years is 12.9 per cent and of women 10 per cent – on a par with Mexico.
article_snippet: Dr Goodarz Danaei, of the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in Boston, who led the research, said the system could help identify those at risk who are most likely to benefit from lifestyle changes or preventive drugs.
article_snippet: The study, using data from 50,000 people, was published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.