Your situation (severe hypercholesterolemia short-circuits the risk score) Risk not calculable
risk-unknownNo one has reached this rule yetAdd a full lipid panel and a blood pressure reading
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Not enough information to place you in a risk category — a full lipid panel and blood pressure reading are needed to estimate 10-year ASCVD risk.
The PREVENT equations require systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, and HDL at minimum.
2026 ACC/AHA/Multisociety Guideline on the Management of Dyslipidemia · Incomplete data
“Low risk, calculator can't finish” — an illustrative profile, not a real user.
Asked after: No known cardiovascular disease
Cited by the recommendations above.
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Runs in lib/engine/lipidPathway.ts as risk-unknown.