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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editors-in-Chief: Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS [2]

Risk stratification

It is defined as the ability to predict outcomes from a given intervention by arranging patients according to the severity of their illness.

Risk factors

Age	(continuous)
Body mass index	(continuous)
Smoking status	(non-smoker; ex-smoker; light, moderate, or heavy smoker)
Townsend deprivation score	(continuous)
Varicose veins	(yes/no)
Congestive cardiac failure	(yes/no)
Rheumatoid arthritis	(yes/no)
Chronic renal disease	(yes/no)
Inflammatory bowel disease	(yes/no)
Cancer	(lung, gastrointestinal, pancreas, renal, breast, prostate, other)
Recent hospital admission	yes/no)
Recent hip fracture or hip surgery (or both)	yes/no)
Current use of antipsychotic drugs	(none, atypical, typical)
Current use of tamoxifen	(yes/no)
Current use of hormone replacement therapy	(none, equine or non-equine hormone replacement therapy)
Use of antiplatelets	(yes/no)
Cardiovascular disease	(stroke, transient ischaemic attack, or coronary heart disease)
Atrial fibrillation	(yes/no)
Asthma	(yes/no)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	(yes/no)
Family history of venous thromboembolism	(yes/no)

Source

http://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d4656.full