Table 4.

Prevalence of Cardiovascular risk factors and risk strata in Buenos Aires by gender (1)

Prevalence	Males/Females (%)
High Blood Pressure	40/26
High Cholesterol	22/22
Smoking	40/35
Cardiovascular risk (2)	% of target population
Over 5%	45
Over 10%	25
Over 20%	6

(1) Uninsured population covered by Buenos Aires city public healthcare network (approximately 800.000 persons)

(2) % of subjects in each cardiovascular risk strata were derived from Framingham equations using risk factor values obtained from population surveys of Buenos Aires, Argentina