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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 30.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2017 May 16;166(12):876–882. doi: 10.7326/M16-2052

Appendix Table 1.

Prevalence of elevated ASCVD risk in US Adults, aged 30–49 by risk factors; including participants on lipid-lowering medications: NHANES 1999 – 2012 (n=9,859)

Age group
(years)
Male Female

Smokers Non-smokers,
Hypertension
Non-smokers,
No Hypertension
Smokers Non-smokers,
Hypertension
Non-smokers,
No Hypertension
30–34 9.3%
(6.3%–13.5%)
2.8%
(0.6%–11.7%)
0.0%
(0.0%–0.5%*)
19.5%
(14.0%–26.5%)
0.0%
(0.0%–0.4%*)
0.0%
(0.0%–0.4%*)
35–39 26.4%
(21.9%–31.4%)
2.4%
(1.3%–4.5%)
0.2%
(0.1%–0.7%)
14.8%
(11.0%–19.6%)
0.7%
(0.2%–2.7%)
0.1%
(0.0%–1.0%)
40–44 54.5%0
(48.1%–59.8%)
8.9%
(5.7%–13.5%)
1.2%
(0.4%–3.1%)
14.1%
(9.8%–19.8%)
1.8%
(0.8%–3.8%)
0.0%
(0.0%–0.5%*)
45–49 76.9%
(70.2%–82.4%)
30.3%
(24.0%–37.5%)
6.0%
(3.9%–9.2%)
19.3%
(14.5%–25.3%)
4.9%
(2.4%–9.6%)
0.3%
(0.0%–1.8%)
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Using 2013 ACC/AHA Pooled Cohort Equations ASCVD risk calculator.

*

Confidence intervals estimated using exact binomial methods.

Brackets show 95% confidence intervals for that subgroup.

Shaded cells represent low prevalence subgroups.