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Old 28th Sep 2013, 21:57
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Offchocks
 
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I was wondering about medicals in different countries and if they are the same as ours. We have this method of scoring you points on your 40th birthday and subsequently every five years there after, then every year after 60.

If you score over 14 points you require a stress ECG (EKG). The points are allocated starting with gender and age, the points increase as you get older. The rest are to do with BP, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, smoking and diabetes. At 62 a male starts with 15 points and so unless the other markers are excellent, then it is a stress ECG (EKG) for you.

Does your medical system have something similar?

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