April 2012

[El Gordo]

http://qrisk.org/

Although this will calculate your 10 year risk with just age/sex as input it's clearly better to know all the inputs to allow an accurate risk estimate.

MLCM, you obviously won't have a UK postcode (this is used to lookup a social deprivation score) but it will default to an average when blank.

Thanks GM. I can't help thinking that the test is a bit rudimentary, but FWIW, it seems I'm marginally beating the market:

Your 10-year QRISK®2 score 8.1%
The score of a typical person with the same age, sex, and ethnicity* 8.5%

I've been logging blood pressure on and off over the last couple of years. My readings had usually been on the slightly high side of the normal range, but not outside it. Interestingly, since losing around 20 pounds in the last few months, my BP readings have noticeably dropped.

It's well worth getting a decent home monitor - Amazon has loads of inexpensive ones.