Table 3.

Relative risks (95% confidence intervals) associated with every 1 mmol/L reduction in LDL-C achieved with statins[8]

Outcome	Relative risk
All-cause mortality	0.88 (0.84–0.91)
Coronary mortality	0.81 (0.76–0.85)
Myocardial infarction or coronary death	0.77 (0.74–0.80)
Coronary vascularisation	0.76 (0.73–0.80)
Stroke (non-fatal and fatal)	0.83 (0.78–0.88)
Major cardiovascular eventa	0.79 (0.77–0.81)

^aComposite of myocardial infarction or coronary death, coronary vascularisation and stroke