Estimation of lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD)
| CVD risk factors | Optimal risk factors | Non-optimal risk factors | Elevated risk factors | Major risk factors* |
| SBP and DBP (mm Hg) | SBP<120 and DBP<80 | SBP 120–139 or DBP 80–89 | SBP 140–159 or DBP 90–99 | SBP≥160 or DBP≥100 or treated |
| AND | OR | OR | OR | |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | <180 | 180–199 | 200–239 | ≥240 or treated |
| AND | AND | AND | OR | |
| Diabetes mellitus | No | No | No | Yes |
| AND | AND | AND | OR | |
| Current smoking | No | No | No | Yes |
| Lifetime risk stratification | Low predicted lifetime risk | High predicted lifetime risk | |||
| All optimal risk factors | ≥1 risk factors not optimal | ≥1 elevated risk factors | 1 major risk factor | ≥2 major risk factors | |
Lifetime risk refers to risk of all atherosclerotic CVD (myocardial infarction, coronary insufficiency, angina, atherothrombotic stroke, intermittent claudication or CVD death). An individual's risk stratum is the highest risk stratum for which any of the individual's risk factors are eligible.
↵* In the secondary analysis, obesity and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol were also counted as major risk factors.
DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.