Table 5. Fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events averted in people aged 40–64 years through different cardiovascular (CV) risk management strategies, by sex and age, Seychelles, 2004.
| Management strategy and medication | Events averteda |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40–54 years |
55–64 years |
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| Men | Women | Men | Women | ||
| Single-risk-factor | |||||
| BP ≥ 140/90 mmHg | 35 | 24 | 39 | 29 | |
| TSC ≥ 6.2 mmol/l | 11 | 8 | 8 | 12 | |
| BP ≥ 140/90 mmHg or TSC ≥ 6.2 mmol/l | 44 | 30 | 44 | 39 | |
| Total CV risk | |||||
| CV risk ≥ 10% | 26 | 13 | 52 | 45 | |
| CV risk ≥ 20% | 20 | 6 | 36 | 29 | |
| CV risk ≥ 20% or BP ≥ 160/100 mmHg or TSC ≥ 8.0 mmol/l | 37 | 23 | 46 | 42 | |
BP, blood pressure; TSC, total serum cholesterol.
a Annually per 100 000 people aged 40–64 years.