Relative Importance of Borderline and Elevated Levels of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors
- Ramachandran S. Vasan, MD;
- Lisa M. Sullivan, PhD;
- Peter W.F. Wilson, MD;
- Christopher T. Sempos, PhD;
- Johan Sundström, MD, PhD;
- William B. Kannel, MD;
- Daniel Levy, MD; and
- Ralph B. D'Agostino, PhD
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From the Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina;
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland;
and Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Figure 1. Estimated numbers of U.S. individuals at risk for hard coronary heart disease events, according to estimated 10-year absolute
risk.
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Figure 2. 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%. 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.
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Ann Intern Med
March 15, 2005
vol. 142
no. 6
393-402
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View larger version: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:Figure 2. 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%. 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.
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