. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: Stat Probab Lett. 2011 Jul 1;81(7):807–812. doi: 10.1016/j.spl.2011.02.002

Table 2.

Estimated 10-year non-modified mean risk, mean risk reductions and mean fractional risk reductions based on the risk factor distribution in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) population and in subgroups with a positive (FH+) and negative (FH−) family history.

	Non-modified mean risk	Mean risk reduction^‡	Mean fractional reduction in risk
Age 65–74	0.03627	0.00412	0.11070
Bootstrap SE	0.00192	0.00356	0.09429
IF SE	0.00174	0.00341	0.10972
Age 65–74 and FH+	0.07826	0.00872	0.10873
Bootstrap SE	0.01013	0.00804	0.91945
IF SE	0.00895	0.00726	0.10993
Age 65–74 and FH−	0.03280	0.00374	0.11078
Bootstrap SE	0.00170	0.00331	0.09448
IF SE	0.00157	0.00310	0.09954

SE= standard error, IF= influence function

^‡

Mean difference between non-modified absolute risk and risk obtained by assuming that all current drinkers became former drinkers, all women who exercised less than two hours/week began exercising at least 2 hours/week, and all women aged 50 years or more maintained BMI < 25kg/m²