LEVELS OF OBESITY AND ACCURACY OF THE ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR RISK EQUATION IN A LARGE COMMUNITY-BASED COHORT

Background: The accuracy of the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Pooled Cohort Risk Equation for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events across different levels of obesity is not known. Methods: The target population for consideration of primary