Based
on the patient’s physical and laboratory data, individual risk-factor cards were generated that included the values for their cardiovascular risk factors along with the normal values for comparison.
All abnormal values were highlighted. A 5-year mortality risk score, as well as the risk of developing
CHD or having a recurrent CHD event, was calculated and presented from the results obtained using
a cardio-risk calculator provided by Merck (Sydney,
Australia), Sharp & Dohme.