Nazanin Alaei Faradonbeh - General Practitioner, School of Medicine, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
Fariborz Nikaeen - Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran
Mojtaba Akbari - Epidemiologist, Vice Chancellor for Research, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Naser Almasi - Medical Laboratory Scientist, Central Laboratory, Shariati Hospital, Isfahan, Iran
Mehrbod Vakhshoori - General Practitioner, Cardiac Rehabilitation Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

BACKGROUND: Risk assessment in clinical practice plays an important role in classifying population for appropriate preventive medicine for each category. Several multivariable risk predictor algorithms and inflammatory biomarkers are developed for assessing risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). We aimed to depict a picture of the cardiovascular risk profiles in the Iranian population with diabetes mellitus (DM) through three risk predictors for the first time, as the patients with DM have an increased risk for CVDs.METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, the sample size consisted of ۴۱۸ patients with DM from Diabetes Clinic of Shariati hospital, Isfahan, Iran, in February to July, ۲۰۱۴. We collected the latest information, and then calculated the ۱۰-year CVD risk using Framingham risk score (FRS) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk score; while high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) was measured for them based on their physicians' prescription. Finally, all data were analyzed using SPSS software.RESULTS: The mean ۱۰-year risk prediction of CVDs in the ۳۰- to ۷۴-year-old Iranian patients with DM was high in all three predictors based on their cut-off points, ۱۶.۳۱%, ۱۲.۳۹%, and ۳.۴۶ mg/l for FRS, ASCVD risk score, and hs-CRP level, respectively. Although the mean FRS and ASCVD risk scores were significantly higher among men than women (P < ۰.۰۵۰۰), the mean hs-CRP level was slightly lower in men than women (P > ۰.۰۵۰۰).CONCLUSION: Mean FRS and ASCVD risk scores and hs-CRP in patients were high, and a considerable proportion of patients with DM in our study were at intermediate and high risk for CVDs in the next ۱۰ years. Future cohort studies would investigate the accuracy of different predictors in upcoming years, and also help to derive a specific model or recalibrate existing predictors with characteristic of Iranian populations and specific target groups. 

Cardiovascular Diseases, Risk Assessments, Diabetes Mellitus, C-Reactive Protein, Risk Factor