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Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Sep 26;60(17):10.1016/j.jacc.2012.07.022. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.07.022

TABLE 3.

Race-specific estimates of the preventable number of heart failure cases, years of life lost, and years of life lived with disability that would result from a 5% proportional reduction in the prevalence of five cardiovascular disease risk factors, the ARIC cohort study, 1987–2008.

	African Americans				Caucasians

Exposure	Period prevalence, 1987–1998^*	Preventable number of heart failure cases^†	Disability adjusted life vears		Period prevalence, 1987–1998^*	Preventable number of heart failure cases^†	Disability adjusted life vears
Exposure	Period prevalence, 1987–1998^*	Preventable number of heart failure cases^†	Number of Years of Life Lost^‡	Number of Years of Life with Disability^‡	Period prevalence, 1987–1998^*	Preventable number of heart failure cases^†	Number Years of Life Lost^‡	Number of Years of Life with Disability^‡
Current smoking	32.4	15	28	6	26.8	10	63	19
Diabetes	31.0	53	65	13	17.1	33	81	24
Elevated LDL	65.4	23	60	12	60.5	11	120	36
Hypertension	71.1	28	68	14	45.3	19	102	31
Obesity	50.2	16	39	8	33.9	15	69	21

Assessed at baseline and three triennial visits;

^†

Per 100,000 person years;

^‡

Per year for all participants with heart failure. ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study; DALYs, disability adjusted life years; LDL, low-density lipoprotein;