Table A1.

Calculation of absolute cardiovascular disease risk³²

	Score
Age ≥ 50 years for males	+1
Age ≥ 60 years for females
Family history of premature coronary heart disease: Myocardial infarction or sudden death < 55 years with the father or a relative of first degree of male gender Myocardial infarction or sudden death < 65 years with the mother or a relative of first degree of female gender	+1
Current smoking or stopped less than 3 years	+1
Treated or untreated permanent arterial hypertension	+1
Presence of left ventricular hypertrophy	+1
Treated or untreated non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus	+1
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≤ 1.0 mmol/L	+1
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥ 1.5 mmol/L	−1