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. 2006 Jun 8;92(11):1595–1602. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.092346

Table 4 Example of the output from the model: 10‐year risk of a CHD event and a CVD event by ethnic group for a man with systolic blood pressure 130 mm Hg, cholesterol 5.5 mmol/l and HDL cholesterol 1.3 mmol/l at ages 40, 50 and 60 and for non‐smoker and smoker.

Non‐smoker Smoker
40 50 60 40 50 60
10‐year risk of CHD event (%)
Indian 5.0 (3.5–6.5) 9.8 (6.8–12.6) 18.5 (13.1–23.5) 7.9 (5.5–10.2) 15.2 (10.7–19.3) 27.9 (20.2–34.9)
Pakistani 5.9 (3.6–8.1) 11.3 (7.1–15.5) 21.3 (13.6–28.5) 9.2 (5.7–12.6) 17.5 (11.1–23.6) 31.8 (20.9–41.5)
Bangladeshi 5.8 (3.3–8.4) 11.3 (6.5–16.0) 21.2 (12.5–29.4) 9.2 (5.2–13.1) 17.4 (10.1–24.3) 31.7 (19.2–42.7)
All South Asian 5.3 (4.1–6.4) 10.3 (8.1–12.4) 19.5 (15.4–23.2) 8.4 (6.5–10.1) 16.0 (12.6–19.1) 29.3 (23.5–34.5)
Chinese 1.6 (0.4–2.7) 3.1 (0.9–5.4) 6.1 (1.7–10.4) 2.5 (0.7–4.3) 4.9 (1.4–8.4) 9.6 (2.7–16.1)
Caribbean 1.4 (0.5–2.2) 2.8 (0.9–4.4) 5.4 (1.8–8.6) 2.2 (0.7–3.6) 4.4 (1.5–7.0) 8.5 (2.9–13.4)
Black African 2.3 (1.9–2.8) 4.6 (3.7–5.5.) 8.9 (7.3–10.7) 3.7 (3.0–4.5) 7.2 (5.9–8.7) 13.9 (11.5–16.6)
Irish 3.6 (2.3–4.9) 7.1 (4.6–9.5) 13.7 (8.9–18.0) 5.7 (3.7–7.7) 11.1 (7.2–14.7) 20.9 (13.9–27.2)
Framingham score 3.6 7.2 11.8 6.5 12.0 18.2
10‐year risk of CVD event (%)
Indian 5.6 (4.0–7.2) 11.4 (8.3–14.5) 22.4 (16.5–28.0) 9.9 (7.1–12.6) 19.6 (14.4–24.7) 36.7 (27.8–44.8)
Pakistani 6.2 (4.1–8.4) 12.6 (8.4–16.9) 24.7 (16.8–32.1) 11.0 (7.3–14.7) 21.6 (14.6–28.3) 40.0 (28.2–50.2)
Bangladeshi 6.3 (3.7–9.0) 12.8 (7.6–17.9) 24.9 (15.3–33.9) 11.1 (6.6–15.6) 21.9 (13.3–30.0) 40.4 (25.8–52.6)
All South Asian 5.9 (4.7–7.2) 12.1 (9.7–14.4) 23.6 (19.2–27.8) 10.5 (8.4–12.5) 20.7 (16.8–24.5) 38.5 (32.0–44.5)
Chinese 2.6 (0.8–4.5) 5.4 (1.7–9.1) 11.1 (3.6–18.1) 4.7 (1.5–7.9) 9.6 (3.1–15.8) 19.1 (6.4–30.3)
Caribbean 3.2 (1.6–4.8) 6.6 (3.2–9.9) 13.3 (6.7–19.6) 5.7 (2.8–8.6) 11.6 (5.8–17.1) 22.7 (11.7–32.6)
Black African 5.0 (3.9–6.5) 10.1 (8.0–13.1) 20.1 (16.1–25.5) 8.8 (6.9–11.4) 17.6 (14.0–22.4) 33.3 (27.1–41.2)
Irish 3.9 (2.7–5.1) 8.0 (5.6–10.4) 16.0 (11.3–20.6) 6.9 (4.8–9.0) 13.9 (9.8–18.0) 27.0 (19.4–34.0)
Framingham score 4.1 8.4 14.1 7.5 14.1 22.3

Range in brackets estimated by substituting 95% limits of the confidence interval of the prevalence ratio.

CHD, coronary heart disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HDL, high density lipoprotein.