Population prevalence of each level of the risk factors in Framingham, United States and Gerona, Spain by sex
| Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk factors (units) | Risk factor categories | Framingham risk factor means* (%) | Gerona risk factor means* (%) | Framingham risk factor means* (%) | Gerona risk factor means* (%) |
| Abbreviations as in table 1. | |||||
| *Risk factor means refers to the mean age and to the proportion of population in each level of the risk factors. | |||||
| Age (y) | Mean | 48.3 | 54.6 | 49.6 | 54.2 |
| Age (y) squared | Mean squared | 2604.5 | 2931.7 | ||
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | <160 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 7.9 | 4.9 |
| 160–199 | |||||
| 200–239 | 39.0 | 34.8 | 32.7 | 35.3 | |
| 240–279 | 16.5 | 28.1 | 20.0 | 24.6 | |
| ⩾280 | 5.7 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 13.4 | |
| HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) | <35 | 19.2 | 17.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| 35–44 | 35.7 | 31.9 | 14.9 | 17.0 | |
| 45–49 | 12.4 | 12.3 | |||
| 50–59 | 19.0 | 20.9 | |||
| >59 | 10.6 | 17.5 | 40.7 | 40.9 | |
| Blood pressure (mm Hg) | Optimal (S<120)/(D<80) | 20.2 | 18.1 | 34.8 | 25.5 |
| Normal (S 120–129)/(D 80–84) | |||||
| High normal (S 130–139)/(D 85–89) | 20.2 | 20.1 | 15.0 | 16.2 | |
| Stage I (S 140–159)/(D90–99) | 22.5 | 28.4 | 18.6 | 28.6 | |
| Stage III–V (S⩾160)/(D⩾100) | 12.8 | 14.7 | 10.0 | 11.5 | |
| Diabetes | 5.0 | 9.3 | 3.8 | 6.8 | |
| Smoking | Current 1 cigarette/day consumption | 40.3 | 42.3 | 37.8 | 12.0 |
| 10 year event rate | Coronary deaths and recognised non-fatal myocardial infarction | 0.057 | 0.035 | 0.012 | 0.011 |