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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006 Oct 18;(4):CD001561. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001561.pub2
Methods First degree relatives of AMI, CABG and PTCA patients
Randomised by family.
Participants Families of people with CHD event, age 18-69,
N=442
Interventions Individualised risk factor advice. 3 months dietary advice and lipid lowering medication if required
Outcomes No clinical event outcomes
Systolic blood pressure
diastolic blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking, BMI and CVD risk
Notes Results are for people without cardiovascular disease attending combined primary and secondary prevention clinic.
Information on baseline and follow up smoking prevalence not available.
No significant effect of intervention on smoking quit rate