• The Globorisk chart assesses the risk of heart attack or stroke in healthy individuals using parameters such as a person’s country of residence, age, sex, smoking, diabetes, blood pressure, and cholesterol to predict the chance that they will have a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years.

• Two separate Globorisk charts, one for laboratory use and another for office use, are available.

• The objective of the study by Kar et al was to categorize patients with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) using the Globorisk chart to predict their risk of experiencing a major cardiovascular disease (CVD) event within the next ten years.

• The study also aimed to find the percent agreement between the Globorisk chart and the WHO/ISH chart.

• The study was conducted in 2018 and included 760 adults attending the NCD clinic of one rural and one urban primary health center in Puducherry.

• The Globorisk chart's laboratory and office risk calculators were used to calculate the risk.

• Using the Globorisk prediction chart, the study predicted that 22.1% (n = 168) of the participants had less than 10% risk for any CVD event in the next 10 years.

• However, when the WHO/ISH chart was used, the same risk was found in 71.1% (n = 540) of the individuals.

• The study also found no agreement between the two risk charts (k = 0.0174; P-value = 0.26).

• In conclusion, the study found that the Globorisk chart identified more patients as belonging to the higher risk category compared to the WHO charts.

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