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. 2010 Dec 9;4:383–413. doi: 10.2147/DDDT.S10812

Table 6.

Event rates and hazard ratios for the primary end point correlated with estimated 10-year Framingham and Reynolds risk scores at baseline

Risk level Event rate/100-person years, rosuvastatin 20 mg group Event rate/100-person years, placebo group Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Framingham 10-year risk score
<5% (n = 2791, 173 men, 2618 women) 0.22 0.34 0.64 (0.23–1.81)
5%–10% (n = 6091, 2525 women, 3566 men) 0.50 0.92 0.55 (0.36–0.84)
5-year NNT = 40a
11%–20% (n = 7340,1404 women, 5936 men) 0.95 1.84 0.51 (0.39–0.68)
5-year NNT = 18b
>20% (n = 1555, 242 women, 1313 men) 1.72 2.41 0.70 (0.43–1.14)
Reynolds 10-year risk score
<5% (n = 3583, 944 men, 2639 women) 0.26 0.41 0.62 (0.27–1.43)
5%–10% (n = 6436, 2651 women, 3785 men) 0.44 1.00 0.45 (0.29–0.68)
11%–20% (n = 5040, 1151 women, 3889 men) 1.07 1.65 0.65 (0.47–0.90)
>20% (n = 2651, 327 women, 2324 men) 1.55 2.84 0.55 (0.38–0.80)
a

Notes: Corresponds to estimated absolute risk difference between treated and placebo groups at 5 year of ≈2.5 events/100 person-years;

b

Corresponds to estimated absolute risk difference between treated and placebo groups at 5 year of ≈5.7 events/100 person-years.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NNT, number needed to treat.