For example, being unable to walk several blocks is as many points off as having heart failure. |
The fact that we account for different kinds of risk factors, functional as well as disease-related, allows the scale to be accurate over a very wide range of ages, as well as in all kinds of different people. It gives you the flavor of the relative importance of each risk factor. For example, being unable to walk several blocks is as many points off as having heart failure. |
There's a real need for this kind of prognostic index, for several reasons. |