Table 4.

Average Risk Scores and Percent Distribution Across Risk Categories by Modified Framingham and Pooled Cohort Risk Categories, by Sex

	Total			Men			Women
	95% CI			95% CI				95% CI
Modified Framingham Risk Score
Mean score	12.4	11.5	13.3	17.1	15.6	18.7	8.0*	7.3	8.7
Risk categories
Low risk (<10%)	56.9	52.8	60.8	42.1	36.4	48.0	70.5*	66.1	74.5
Medium risk (10<20%)	18.5	15.9	21.6	23.6	19.1	28.8	13.9*	10.8	17.7
High risk (≥20%)	24.6	22.0	27.4	34.3	30.3	38.9	15.6*	13.2	18.4
Pooled Cohort Equations
Mean score	6.6	6.1	7.1	9.0	8.2	9.9	4.3*	3.9	4.8
Risk categories
Low risk (<7.5%)	71.4	68.8	74.0	57.6	52.6	62.5	84.1*	81.5	86.3
High risk (≥7.5%)	28.6	26.0	31.4	42.4	37.5	47.4	15.9*	13.7	18.5

Source: Combined 2007–2009 and 2009–2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey.

CI indicates confidence interval.

^*Significantly different from estimate for men (P<0.05).