Table 3.
The risk factors used in the Framingham risk equations.
| Age |
| Gender |
| Smoking status |
| Systolic or diastolic BP |
| Serum total cholesterol/high density lipoprotein ratio |
| Presence of diabetes |
| Presence of left ventricular hypertrophy |
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