The Montreal FH score to predict cardiovascular risk in familial hypercholesterolemia
| Cutoff | Points |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| ≤ 21 | 0 |
| 22–28 | 4 |
| 29–35 | 8 |
| 36–42 | 12 |
| 43–49 | 16 |
| 50–56 | 20 |
| 57–63 | 24 |
| > 63 | 28 |
| High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL | |
| ≤ 23 | 12 |
| 23–34 | 9 |
| 35–46 | 6 |
| 47–58 | 3 |
| > 58 | 0 |
| Hypertension | |
| Yes | 2 |
| No | 0 |
| Smoking | |
| Yes | 1 |
| Never | 0 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 3 |
| Female | 0 |
| A score > 20 is associated with a 10-fold higher cardiovascular risk. | |
Reprinted from Paquette M, Brisson D, Dufour R, Khoury É, Gaudet D, Baass A. Cardiovascular disease in familial hypercholesterolemia: validation and refinement of the Montreal-FH-SCORE. J Clin Lipidol 11(5):1161–1167.e3. Copyright 2017, with permission from Elsevier.