Table 2

Framingham point system for women





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
 -7
 -3
 0
 3
 6
 8
 10
 12
 14
 16
Total Cholesterol
 <160
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0

160–199
 4
 3
 2
 1
 1

200–239
 8
 6
 4
 2
 1

240–279
 11
 8
 5
 3
 2

≥ 280
 13
 10
 7
 4
 2
Smoking
 Nonsmoker
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0

Smoker
 9
 7
 4
 2
 1
HDL
 <40



2




40–49



1




50–59



0




≥ 60



-1



-Treatment status-
 Untreated
 Treated



Systolic blood pressure
 <120
0
 0

120–129
 1
 3

130–139
 2
 4

140–159
 3
 5

≥ 160
 4









Total points
 <9
 9–12
 13–14
 15
 16
 17
 18
 19
 20
 21
 22
 23
 24
 ≥25
10-Year risk (%)
 <1
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 8
 11
 14
 17
 22
 27
 ≥30

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