Abstract: . . .  Pressure. Arch Int Med 1997;157:24132446. World Health Organisation. Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic. Report of a WHO Consultation on Obesity. Geneva: WHO, 1999. Clinical practice: Consensus statement for the prevention of vascular disease Reprinted from: Australian Family Physician Vol. 33, No. 4, April 2004 239 Correspondence Email: eleanor.clune@heartfoundation. com.au AFP  . . .
. . .  33, No. 4, April 2004 Clinical practice: Consensus statement for the prevention of vascular disease Table 1. Individuals at increased risk of vascular disease Established disease Biological risk factors Lifestyle risk factors Known macrovascular disease Hypertension Smoking Diabetes/IGT/IFG* Dyslipidaemia Physical inactivity Renal insufficiency Proteinuria Overweight/obesity Atrial fibrillation  . . .
. . .  Prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice: recommenda- tions of the Second Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on coronary pre- vention. Atherosclerosis 1998;140:199270. The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Arch Int Med 1997;157:24132446. World Health Organisation. Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic. Report of a WHO  . . .
. . .  2004 Clinical practice: Consensus statement for the prevention of vascular disease Page 5 Consensus statement references Australian Kidney Foundation GP resource. Kidney disease : screening and managing those at risk. Available at: http://www.kidney.org.au/aware- ness_week_2002/html/medical.html. Accessed 6 December, 2002. Bunker SJ, Colquhoun DM, Esler MD, et al. Stress and coronary heart disease : psychosocial . . .
. . .  challenge is the presentation of these tools in a manner applicable for routine use in clinical practice. Some of these risk assessment tools are presented as a chart while others have been developed as dedi- cated computer programs. The most widely used chart based risk assessment tools are the: New Zealand risk assessment chart (www.nzgg.org.nz) Joint European Societies coronary risk chart, and absolute risk assessment (www.absolu- . . .
. . .  Pressure. Arch Int Med 1997;157:24132446. World Health Organisation. Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic. Report of a WHO Consultation on Obesity. Geneva: WHO, 1999. Clinical practice: Consensus statement for the prevention of vascular disease Reprinted from: Australian Family Physician Vol. 33, No. 4, April 2004 239 Correspondence Email: eleanor.clune@heartfoundation. com.au AFP  . . .
--3000,6,250,3415,23892