Table 2.

Five year risk of cardiovascular disease among participants. Values are numbers (percentages)

	Age (years)
	35-49	50-64	65-79
Men
No treatment	320	325	283
Risk group:
<5%	263 (82)	71 (22)	0
5%-9%	42 (13)	124 (38)	14 (5)
10%-14%	5 (2)	55 (17)	54 (19)
15%-19%	4 (1)	36 (11)	65 (23)
⩾20%	6 (2)	39 (12)	150 (53)
Mean risk (% risk next 5 years)	3.4	10.3	19.6
Treatment	14	49	103
Risk group:
<5%	7 (50)	0	0
5%-9%	6 (43)	8 (16)	1 (1)
10%-14%	0	21 (43)	8 (8)
15%-19%	0	7 (14)	11 (11)
⩾20%	1 (7)	13 (27)	83 (80)
Mean risk (% risk next 5 years)	4.9	14.3	23.6
Women
No treatment	315	293	258
Risk group:
<5%	309 (98)	190 (65)	31 (12)
5%-9%	6 (2)	67 (23)	90 (35)
10%-14%	0	21 (7)	67 (26)
15%-19%	0	6 (2)	29 (11)
⩾20%	0	9 (3)	41 (16)
Mean risk (% risk next 5 years)	1.1	5.4	11.7
Treatment	7	60	131
Risk group:
<5%	6 (86)	10 (17)	0
5%-9%	1 (14)	22 (37)	16 (12)
10%-14%	0	13 (21)	31 (24)
15%-19%	0	7 (12)	21 (16)
⩾20%	0	8 (13)	63 (48)
Mean risk (% risk next 5 years)	2.0	9.6	16.9