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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

Table 2.

Prevalence of elevated ASCVD risk in US Adults, aged 30–49 by risk factors: NHANES 1999–00 to 2011–12 (n=9,608)

Age Group (years) Male Female

Smokers Non-smokers, Hypertension Non-smokers,
No Hypertension
Smokers Non-smokers, Hypertension Non-smokers,
No Hypertension
30–34 8.4%
(5.5%–12.5%)
2.0%
(0.3%–13.2%)
0.0%
(0.0%–0.5%*)
19.5%
(14.0%–26.5%)
0.0%
(0.0%–4.0%*)
0.0%
(0.0%–0.4%*)
35–39 25.6%
(21.1%–30.7%)
2.5%
(1.4%–4.7%)
0.2%
(0.0%–0.7%)
13.9%
(10.4%–18.5%)
0.7%
(0.2%–2.8%)
0.1%
(0.0%–1.0%)
40–44 53.1%
(47.2%–58.9%)
6.9%
(4.4%–10.6%)
1.2%
(0.5%–3.2%)
13.3%
(8.9%–19.4%)
1.9%
(0.9%–4.1%)
0.0%
(0.0%–0.5%*)
45–49 75.9%
(69.1%–81.6%)
29.3%
(22.6%–37.1%)
4.6%
(2.7%–7.6%)
18.5%
(13.5%–25.0%)
3.7%
(1.7%–7.8%)
0.0%
(0.0%–0.6%*)
#

Risk calculated using 2013 ACC/AHA Sex and Race specific Pooled Cohort Equations.

*

Confidence Intervals estimated using exact binomial methods.

Brackets show 95% confidence intervals for that subgroup.

Shaded cells represent low prevalence subgroups.