Table 2.

Rates of transitions between health states by starting and ending states

Starting State	Ending State	Transition Category	Rate per 100 years
Baseline	Hyperlipidemia only	1 to 2	7.0
Baseline	Hypertension only	1 to 3	3.4
Baseline	Hyperlipidemia & hypertension	1 to 4	1.7
Hyperlipidemia only	Hyperlipidemia & hypertension	2 to 4	7.5
Hypertension only	Hyperlipidemia & hypertension	3 to 4	16.8

Rates are calculated as the number of transitions divided by the sum of the followup times for people in the starting state. Transitions are from a baseline state free of either condition or from states of having hyperlipidemia only or hypertension only. The ending state of hyperlipidemia and hypertension was defined as the data of detection of the second condition for people having the first, or the earliest diagnosis date of hyperlipidemia or hypertension when both conditions were first identified within 90 days of one another.