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Automatic versus paper-based heart attack risk calculators

Click here to calculate your 10-year risk of a heart attack, using the Framingham Coronary Disease Risk Prediction Algorithms.

Your results will include comments on each of your risk factors, your risk category and your individual LDL goal. These are all according to the recent recommendations submitted by the National Cholesterol Education Program.

This calculator estimates your risk of getting a heart attack within the next 10 years and is based on the Framingham Heart Study.

Cholesterol values on ProLipid.com are usually indicated as milligrams per deciliter blood (mg/dL). This is the traditional unit for cholesterol measurements still used in the US. You can recognize mg/dL values because they are usually well over 100.

The exception is HDL cholesterol which is usually below 100. Blood glucose measurement may also be lower than 100.

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The active agent of a drug drug is the chemical substance that causes the effect, and it often differs from the drug's brand name. For example the name of a popular cholesterol-lowerifng drug is Lipitor® manufactured by Pfizer, but the name of the active agent in Lipitor® is atorvastatin. Generic drugs which are generally cheaper than the original drugs are often named after the active agent such as "Simvastatin Tablets" by IVAX Pharmaceuticals (original drug: Zocor® by Merck & Co.).