Table 3.

Adjusted^* prevalence ratios (95% confidence intervals) for high low density lipoprotein cholesterol and for high cholesterol awareness, treatment, and control in NHANES 2007–2010.

	Prevalence ratio (95% confidence interval)
Variable	High low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol‡	Aware†	Treated† †	Controlled†††
CHD Risk Category
0–1 risk factors	1 (ref)	1 (ref)	1(ref)	1(ref)
2+ risk factors	3.04 (2.65–3.49)	0.76 (0.66–0.87)	0.93 (0.77–1.13)	0.63 (0.51–0.78)
CHD or risk equivalent	3.47 (3.01–3.99)	0.86 (0.77–0.96)	1.20 (1.03–1.41)	0.71 (0.62–0.82)
CHD at very high risk	3.89 (3.37–4.50)	0.96(0.86–1.07)	1.21 (1.00–1.47)	0.27 (0.18–0.41)

^*Adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, income, education, and insurance status CHD - coronary heart disease

^‡Among all individuals

^†Among all individuals with high LDL-cholesterol

^††Among individuals aware of their diagnosis of high LDL-cholesterol

^†††Among those treated for high LDL-cholesterol

^*Very high risk defined by having a history of coronary heart and diabetes mellitus, cigarette smoking and/or the metabolic syndrome

Coronary heart disease risk equivalents included diabetes mellitus and stroke

Coronary heart disease risk factors include older age (≥55 years for women and ≥45 years for men), current cigarette smoking, hypertension, family history of coronary heart disease (history of myocardialinfarction or angina before age 50 years among first-degree relatives), and low HDL-cholesterol. HDL cholesterol ≥ 60 mg/dL is considered protective and offsets the presence of one these risk factors.