Prevalence of Traditional Risk Factors in First-Degree Relatives of Patients With Established Cardiovascular Disease.

Introduction: World Health Organization (WHO)/International Society of Hypertension (ISH) risk prediction charts are useful for predicting 10-year combined myocardial infarction and stroke risk (fatal and non-fatal). Hence the current study was conducted to assess the 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease among adults in Ahmedabad, India.

Aims: The primary aim of the study was to assess the cardiovascular risk among first-degree relatives of patients attending the outpatient clinic.