Table 3.

Incremental cost per event prevented of treating patients at a range of pretreatment risks of a coronary event over five years

	Pretreatment coronary risk over 5 years
Treatment	5%	7.5%	10%	15%	20%	25%	30%
Aspirin 75 mg + follow up	£7 900	£4 900	£3 500	£2 200	£1 600	£1 300	£1 100
Bendrofluazide 2.5 mg + atenolol 50 mg	£24 000	£16 000	£12 000	£8 000	£6 000	£4 800	£4 000
Enalapril 20 mg	£67 800	£45 200	£33 900	£22 600	£16 900	£13 600	£11 300
Simvastatin 40 mg	£244 800	£163 200	£122 400	£81 600	£61 200	£49 000	£40 800
Clopidogrel 75 mg	£1 054 400	£702 900	£527 200	£351 500	£263 600	£210 900	£175 700