SA-PREVENT
A heart risk profile built for South Asian bodies
Standard risk calculators were built mostly on white populations and can underestimate risk for South Asians. This tool checks your numbers against South Asian–specific thresholds and shows what to bring to your doctor. Fill in what you know; skip what you don't.
About you
Body measurements
Blood work
Use your most recent results. Pick the units your lab report uses. Cholesterol and glucose follow this setting.
Heart scan
Only if you've had a coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan.
History
Heart and blood vessel conditions you've been diagnosed with
Blood sugar
Family and medications
Pregnancy and hormonal history
Lifestyle
Think about a typical week.
Exercise
Work
Diet
Sleep
Substance use
Stress load
Over the past month, how often has each of these been true for you?
Your profile
Start entering your numbers above.
Thresholds used: waist ≥90 cm (men) / ≥80 cm (women), IDF South Asian cutoffs; BMI ≥23 overweight and ≥27.5 obesity, WHO Asian cutoffs; LDL ≥160 mg/dL, ApoB ≥130 mg/dL, Lp(a) ≥50 mg/dL or ≥125 nmol/L, hs-CRP ≥2 mg/L, triglycerides ≥175 mg/dL and South Asian ancestry as risk enhancers per the 2018 ACC/AHA cholesterol guideline; ApoB–LDL discordance flagged when ApoB is ≥90 mg/dL with LDL <100, or ApoB ≥100 with LDL <130; CAC categories 0, 1–99 and ≥100; HbA1c 5.7–6.4% prediabetes and ≥6.5% diabetes, fasting glucose 100–125 mg/dL (5.6–6.9 mmol/L) prediabetes and ≥126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L) diabetes, per ADA criteria. Exercise: at least 150 minutes of moderate cardio a week (vigorous minutes counted double) and strength training on 2 or more days, per the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Sleep: 7 to 9 hours for adults. Alcohol: above 7 drinks a week for women or 14 for men flagged. The diet and stress sections are reflection tools, not validated scales.
