An overview of recent data concerning the evaluation of overall risk for CHD shows the drawbacks of existing formulae. On this basis a more complete screening score and a new mathematic formula for computing the probability of risk for CHD have been assessed. Besides the primary and classical risk factors the latter also includes psychophysiological variables concerning stress and coronary prone behaviour. Five modalities to estimate the overall risk have been used in cases with various risks and the new formula has been applied to a group of 93 textile workers. The results certify the good differentiation power of the proposed formula.
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