The Role of Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Preventive Medicine: A Perspective from Portugal Primary Health-Care Cardiovascular Risk Assessment

Table 2

Categories of cardiovascular risk, according to the European Society of Cardiology [24].

Very high risk	Documented cardiovascular disease
	Diabetes mellitus (type 1 or type 2) with one more risk factor or target organ damage
	Severe chronic kidney disease (GFR < 30 mL/min/1.73 m^2); SCORE ≥ 10%
High risk	Markedly elevated risk factor (very high cholesterol or very high blood pressure)
	Diabetes mellitus (type 1 or type 2) without other risk factors or target organ damage
	Chronic kidney disease moderate (GFR = 30—59 mL/min/1.73 m^2)
	SCORE ≥ 5% e < 10%
Moderate risk	SCORE ≥ 1% and <5%
Low risk	SCORE < 1%

GFR-Glomerular Filtration Rate.