The Montreal FH score to predict cardiovascular risk in familial hypercholesterolemia
Cutoff | Points |
---|---|
Age | |
≤ 21 | 0 |
22–28 | 4 |
29–35 | 8 |
36–42 | 12 |
43–49 | 16 |
50–56 | 20 |
57–63 | 24 |
> 63 | 28 |
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL | |
≤ 23 | 12 |
23–34 | 9 |
35–46 | 6 |
47–58 | 3 |
> 58 | 0 |
Hypertension | |
Yes | 2 |
No | 0 |
Smoking | |
Yes | 1 |
Never | 0 |
Sex | |
Male | 3 |
Female | 0 |
A score > 20 is associated with a 10-fold higher cardiovascular risk. |
Reprinted from Paquette M, Brisson D, Dufour R, Khoury É, Gaudet D, Baass A. Cardiovascular disease in familial hypercholesterolemia: validation and refinement of the Montreal-FH-SCORE. J Clin Lipidol 11(5):1161–1167.e3. Copyright 2017, with permission from Elsevier.