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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 19.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2017 Jul 7;136(12):1087–1098. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.027067

Table 2. Intervention Target Groups for Primary Prevention.

ATP III Criteria ACC-AHA Criteria Age/Sex-based Criteria
All men 45-74 and women 55-74 in the United States without CAD or diabetes who meet any of the following criteria: All men 45-74 and women 55-74 in the United States without CAD or diabetes who are not on a statin and who meet any of the following criteria: All men 45-74 and women 55-74 in the United States without CAD or diabetes who are not on a statin are started on one.
--Have LDL-C over 130, 2 or more CHD risk factors7, and a Framingham 10-year CHD risk over 10% --Have LDL-C over 190, regardless of other risk factors
--Have LDL-C over 160, 2 or more CHD risk factors7, and a Framingham 10-year CHD risk under 10% --Have LDL-C under 190 but have an AHA 10-year CHD risk over 7.5%8
--Have LDL-C over 190 and <2 CHD risk factors