Table 1 Means and proportions (SE) of risk factors for the baseline population free of cardiovascular disease, those developing it in the next 10 years, and those placed in the top 20% of the Framingham score, and of the ASSIGN score, by sex (SHHEC age 30–74).

	Baseline all	Event victims	Framingham top 20%	ASSIGN top 20%
Men
Number	6540	743	1308	1308
Age	48.9 (0.1)	52.4 (0.3)	56.7 (0.2)	56.5 (0.2)
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation	27.4 (0.3)	31.6 (0.8)	32.2 (0.6)	36.9 (0.6)
Family history, %	26.4 (0.5)	33.4 (1.7)	25.8 (1.2)	36.5 (1.3)
Diabetes mellitus, %	1.5 (0.2)	3.6 (0.7)	4.4 (0.6)	5.4 (0.6)
Cigarette smokers, %	41.5 (0.6)	55.2 (1.8)	68.2 (1.3)	60.6 (1.8)
Cigarettes per day (smokers)	19.2 (0.2)	19.6 (0.5)	18.2 (0.4)	22.2 (0.4)
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	133.8 (0.2)	142.4 (0.8)	152.5 (0.6)	150.3 (0.6)
Total cholesterol, mmol/l	6.23 (0.01)	6.56 (0.04)	6.57 (0.03)	6.77 (0.03)
HDL‐cholesterol, mmol/l	1.35 (0.00)	1.30 (0.01)	1.22 (0.01)	1.23 (0.01)
Women
Number	6757	422	1351	1351
Age	48.8 (0.1)	53.6 (0.4)	56.7 (0.2)	57.3 (0.2)
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation	28.2 (0.3)	38.5 (1.1)	34.9 (0.6)	41.5 (0.6)
Family history, %	32.6 (0.6)	48.6 (2.4)	36.4 (1.3)	53.6 (1.4)
Diabetes mellitus, %	1.3 (0.1)	4.0 (1.0)	4.6 (0.6)	4.8 (0.6)
Cigarette smoker, %	40.5 (0.6)	59.0 (2.4)	68.8 (1.3)	59.7 (1.3)
Cigarettes per day (smokers)	15.9 (0.2)	17.2 (0.5)	10.7 (0.3)	17.9 (0.3)
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	130.1(0.3)	141.3 (1.2)	151.8 (0.6)	147.9 (0.6)
Total cholesterol, mmol/l	6.41 (0.02)	6.80 (0.06)	7.27 (0.04)	7.19 (0.04)
HDL‐cholesterol, mmol/l	1.63 (0.01)	1.52 (0.02)	1.46 (0.01)	1.46 (0.01)