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This tool adds transparent points for common factors linked to atherosclerotic heart disease: age, sex, smoking, diabetes, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, HDL, and premature heart attack in a close relative. It is an educational summary, not the ACC/AHA 10-year ASCVD calculator, not a Framingham percent risk, and not for emergency symptoms. Use it to understand themes you might discuss with a clinician.
Last updated: April 20, 2026
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Moderate risk-factor burden (educational)
8
Total points (HDL can subtract)
Age
5
Sex
1
Smoking
0
Diabetes
0
SBP
1
TC
1
HDL
0
Family
0
Several common risk factors are present. Many people in this range benefit from lifestyle optimization and clinician-guided screening (blood pressure, lipids, glucose) even when they feel well.
This is not the ACC/AHA ASCVD Pooled Cohort Equations calculator, not a Framingham 10-year percent risk, and not for emergency chest pain. New chest pressure, shortness of breath, sweating, or pain radiating to arm or jaw needs emergency care.
Uses categorical systolic pressure and total cholesterol, plus HDL with a small adjustment when HDL is high.
Current cigarette smoking and diagnosed diabetes add substantial points on this educational scale.
Age and sex adjust the score; premature heart attack in a parent or sibling adds a family-history point using common age cutoffs.
Roughly: total points under 5 → lower burden on this scale; 5–9 → moderate; 10 or more → higher burden. These cutoffs are for education only and are not guideline thresholds.
Points are summed from each section you select. HDL in the highest band subtracts one point to reflect a commonly discussed protective association in population data. The result is a simple index of risk factor burden, not a calibrated probability of myocardial infarction.
ACC/AHA pooled cohort equations require exact age, race and sex inputs as specified by the guideline implementation, treatment of blood pressure and statin use, and validated coefficient tables. This page intentionally avoids implying that it reproduces those equations.
Pair this overview with our cholesterol ratio calculator and blood pressure MAP calculator for related numbers.
Get a Custom Calculator for Your PlatformAge 55–64 (5 points), male (1), not smoking (0), no diabetes (0), systolic 130–139 (1), total cholesterol 200–239 (1), HDL 40–59 (0), no premature family MI (0). Total = 8 → moderate category on this educational scale—a prompt to review lifestyle and formal risk tools with a clinician, not a diagnosis.
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