The Framingham Risk Score is a gender-specific algorithm used to estimate the 10-year cardiovascular risk of an individual.
Get instant result on your Framingham Risk Score (FRS) for Hard Coronary Heart Disease. Risk is considered low if the FRS is less than 10%, moderate if it is 10% to 19%, and high if it is 20% or higher.
This risk estimate considers age, sex, race, cholesterol levels, blood pressure, medication use, diabetic status, and smoking status.
“It is interesting to note that in Japan, where the mean omega-3 index is greater than 8%, the expected life span is around five years longer than it is in the United States, where the mean omega-3 index is about 5%. Hence, in practice, dietary choices that change the omega-3 index may prolong life,” said Michael McBurney, Ph.D., FCNS-SCN, lead researcher in this study.
These days, all omega-3s tend to be being lumped together as “good fats” and all omega-6s as “bad fats.”
The Omega-3 Index test is simply a measure of the amount of EPA and DHA in the blood, specifically the red blood cell membranes. For example, if you have 64 fatty acids in a cell membrane and 3 are EPA and DHA, then you would have an Omega-3 Index of 4.6%.
No matter how healthy you think you are, you should always know your number.