Table 1

Framingham point system for men






Age range
Risk factor
20–34
35–39
40–44
45–49
50–54
55–59
60–64
65–69
70–74
75–79

Age
-9
-4
0
3
6
8
10
11
12
13
Total Cholesterol
<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
Smoking
Nonsmoker
0
0
0
0
0

Smoker
8
5
3
1
1
HDL
<40




2





40–49




1





50–59




0





60




-1




-Treatment status-
Untreated
Treated




Systolic blood pressure
<120

0
0

120–129
0
1

130–139
1
2

140–159
1
2

160
2
3

Total points
<0
0–4
5–6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
≥17
10-Year risk (%)
<1
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
10
12
16
20
25
≥30

Schisterman and Whitcomb BMC Medical Imaging 2004 4:1   doi:10.1186/1471-2342-4-1