Table 1.
Health profile showing limits for classification into different risk groups (risk points)
| Risk factor studied | Risk points |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Age (years) at death of father or mother if dead | Father | ≥95 | 70–94 | 60–69 | 50–59 | <50 |
| Mother | ≥95 | 75–94 | 65–74 | 55–64 | <55 | |
| Number of diabetics among parents or siblings | – | – | – | 1 | ≥2 | |
| Use of alcohol (g per week) | 0 | 1–49 | 50–109 | 110–249 | ≥250 | |
| Smoking (g tobacco per day) | 0 | ex-smoker | 1–14 | 15–24 | ≥25 | |
| Physical exercise during leisure time (self-estimation) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | – | |
| Mental stress (self-estimation) | <40 | 40–69 | 70–89 | ≥90 | – | |
| Mental health (estimation by nurse) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | <20 | 20–24 | 25–29 | 30–39 | ≥40 | |
| Arterial blood pressure (mm Hg) | <40 years | ≤140/<85 | >140/>85 | >155/>90 | >160/>95 | >170/>105 |
| ≥40 years | ≤150/<90 | >150/>90 | >160/>95 | >170/>95 | >180/>115 | |
| Serum cholesterol (mmol/L) | <4.6 | 4.6–5.9 | 6.0–7.7 | 7.8–9.5 | ≥9.6 | |
BMI, body mass index.