Current Status
Currently, based on a published
meta-analysis (including 89 studies) by our group [8], we are
collecting and validating
all data made available by the authors of the primary studies
(prospective,
published and unpublished). Up to this point, we have already received
the data
of 55 studies from more than 35 authors, including approximately 5500
patients. The
study protocol [9] has been published in "Systematic Reviews" and is available as open access publication.
Future steps will include an update
search in order to identify most recent studies, data analysis, and
final
presentation of the results, including the development of an online
risk
calculator to predict the risk of CAD.
As we proceed in the analysis and
project, status updates will be available here.