International Journal of Public Health
Cardiovascular Risk Scores for South Asian populations: a systematic review
Dipesh P. Gopal1, Juliet A. Usher-Smith2
1Foundation Year 2 Trainee, West Suffolk Hospital, Hardwick Lane, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 2QZ, UK
2Clinical Lecturer in General Practice, The Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, 2 Wort’s Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
Appendix 1. Search strategy
1. "South Asia*".ti,ab.
2. "India*".ti,ab.
3. exp "India"/
4. "Sri Lanka*".ti,ab.
5. exp "Sri Lanka"/
6. "Ceylon*".ti,ab.
7. "Bangladesh*".ti,ab.
8. exp "Bangladesh"/
9. "Pakistan*".ti,ab.
10. exp "Pakistan"/
11. "Nepal*".ti,ab.
12. exp "Nepal"/
13. "Bhutan*".ti,ab.
14. exp "Bhutan"/
15. "ethnic minorit*".ti,ab.
16. "ethnic group*".ti,ab.
17. exp Ethnic Groups/
18. "British Asian*".ti,ab.
19. exp Asia/ and exp Great Britain/
20. "Asian American*".ti,ab.
21. exp "Asian American"/
22. exp Cardiovascular Diseases/
23. exp "cardiac disease"/
24. exp Heart Diseases/
25. exp Coronary Disease/
26. exp "coronary heart disease"/
27. exp Coronary Artery Disease/
28. "chd*".ti,ab.
29. "cvd*".ti,ab.
30. "cardiovascular disease*".ti,ab.
31. "cardiac disease*".ti,ab.
32. "heart disease*".ti,ab.
33. "coronary disease*".ti,ab.
34. "coronary heart disease*".ti,ab.
35. "coronary artery disease*".ti,ab.
36. exp "risk"/
37. exp "risk assessment"/
38. exp Health Status Indicators/
39. exp Models, Statistical/
40. exp Algorithms/
41. exp Risk Adjustment/
42. "risk*".ti,ab.
43. "risk assess*".ti,ab.
44. "risk function".ti,ab.
45. "risk equation*".ti,ab.
46. "risk chart*".ti,ab.
47. "risk apprais*".ti,ab.
48. "risk indicat*".ti,ab.
49. "risk estimat*".ti,ab.
50. "risk calculat*".ti,ab.
51. "risk algorithm*".ti,ab.
52. "risk factor calculat*".ti,ab.
53. "risk engine*".ti,ab.
54. "risk rank*".ti,ab.
55. "risk table*".ti,ab.
56. "risk threshold*".ti,ab.
57. "risk predict*".ti,ab.
58. "risk scor*".ti,ab.
59. "model*".ti,ab.
60. "statistical model*".ti,ab.
61. "scoring schem*".ti,ab.
62. "predictive instrument*".ti,ab.
63. "prediction function*".ti,ab.
64. "project risk*".ti,ab.
65. "clinical decision-support system*".ti,ab.
66. "cdss*".ti,ab.
67. "Sheffield table*".ti,ab.
68. "Framingham*".ti,ab.
69. "Busselton*".ti,ab.
70. "Joint British Societies*".ti,ab.
71. "New Zealand table*".ti,ab.
72. "New Zealand chart*".ti,ab.
73. "Copenhagen risk*".ti,ab.
74. "Munster Heart Study*".ti,ab.
75. "Dundee guideline*".ti,ab.
76. "Dundee scor*".ti,ab.
77. "Dundee risk scor*".ti,ab.
78. "British Regional Heart Study*".ti,ab.
79. "BRHS*".ti,ab.
80. "National Cholesterol Education Program*".ti,ab.
81. "NCEP guideline*".ti,ab.
82. "Adult treatment panel III*".ti,ab.
83. "Adult treatment panel IV*".ti,ab.
84. "ATP III*".ti,ab.
85. "ATP IV*".ti,ab.
86. "General Rule to enable atheroma treatment*".ti,ab.
87. "FINRISK*".ti,ab.
88. "ETHRISK*".ti,ab.
89. "ASSIGN risk*".ti,ab.
90. "PROCAM risk*".ti,ab.
91. "PRECARD program*".ti,ab.
92. "ERICA risk*".ti,ab.
93. "QRISK*".ti,ab.
94. "PREDICT CVD-2*".ti,ab.
95. "PREDICT CVD-1*".ti,ab.
96. "PREDICT CVD-5*".ti,ab.
97. "PREDICT CVD-6*".ti,ab.
98. "PREDICT CVD-8*".ti,ab.
99. "PREDICT CVD-9*".ti,ab.
100. 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21
101. 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27
102. 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35
103. 36 or 37 or 38 or 39 or 40 or 41
104. 42 or 43 or 44 or 45 or 46 or 47 or 48 or 49 or 50 or 51 or 52 or 53 or 54 or 55 or 56 or 57 or 58 or 59 or 60 or 61 or 62 or 63 or 64
105. 65 or 66 or 67 or 68 or 69 or 70 or 71 or 72 or 73 or 74 or 75 or 76 or 77 or 78 or 79 or 80 or 81 or 82 or 83 or 84 or 85 or 86 or 87 or 88 or 89 or 90 or 91 or 92 or 93 or 94 or 95 or 96 or 97 or 98 or 99
106. (101 or 102) and (103 or 104)
107. 105 or 106
108. 100 and 107