Relative Importance of Borderline and Elevated Levels of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors

View this table: [in a new window]   Appendix Table 1. Cox Model for Men

View this table: [in a new window]   Appendix Table 2. Distribution of Risk Factor Combinations in the Framingham Study and the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

View this table: [in a new window]   Appendix Table 3. Rates of Hard Coronary Heart Disease Events according to Risk Factor Groups

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Estimated numbers of U.S. individuals at risk for hard coronary heart disease events, according to estimated 10-year absolute risk.

View larger version (49K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. Estimated proportion of hard coronary heart disease (CHD) events according to numbers of borderline and elevated risk factors for all ages pooled and within age groups for men and women. Prevalence of risk factors was as follows in men: borderline risk factors, 25.5%; 1 risk factor, 34.7%; 2 risk factors, 28.2%; 3 risk factors, 11.8%. Prevalence of risk factors was as follows in women: borderline risk factors, 41.3%; 1 risk factor, 31.1%; 2 risk factors, 17.6%; 3 risk factors, 5.8%.