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<blockquote data-quote="Alexandra100" data-source="post: 2327934" data-attributes="member: 429870"><p>Indeed, and who gives credibility to the various QRISK-type quizzes? I have looked at a few and they are such blunt instruments as to be, imo, useless (and even more than useless if medical practitioners are perhaps using them to bludgeon reluctant patients into taking yet more meds). My A1c is currently, due to a strict LC diet, only 39; my paroxysmal AF is prevented by meds from manifesting itself. The quizzes make no distinction between pre-diabetes and uncontrolled T2, or between paroxysmal (occasional) AF and continuous AF. Surely only a sliding scale for these and other health problems would have any validity. One of the quizzes includes postcode. I live in a delightful Victorian terrace house where the gardens are full of trees and rabbits play on the lawns, but not so far away race riots have occurred. My GP discovered that she could change my life expectancy for the better by just changing my postcode, but I doubt that moving house in real life would make me any healthier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alexandra100, post: 2327934, member: 429870"] Indeed, and who gives credibility to the various QRISK-type quizzes? I have looked at a few and they are such blunt instruments as to be, imo, useless (and even more than useless if medical practitioners are perhaps using them to bludgeon reluctant patients into taking yet more meds). My A1c is currently, due to a strict LC diet, only 39; my paroxysmal AF is prevented by meds from manifesting itself. The quizzes make no distinction between pre-diabetes and uncontrolled T2, or between paroxysmal (occasional) AF and continuous AF. Surely only a sliding scale for these and other health problems would have any validity. One of the quizzes includes postcode. I live in a delightful Victorian terrace house where the gardens are full of trees and rabbits play on the lawns, but not so far away race riots have occurred. My GP discovered that she could change my life expectancy for the better by just changing my postcode, but I doubt that moving house in real life would make me any healthier. [/QUOTE]
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