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. 2016 Nov 7;38(8):586–594. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw426

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Eligibility for statin therapy using ACC/AHA and ESC/EAS guidelines in individuals aged 40–75 years in the Copenhagen General Population Study. Proportion of individuals who qualified for primary prevention with statins based on Class I and IIa recommendations as shown in Table 1. A larger proportion of individuals qualified for statins with the ACC/AHA guidelines compared with the ESC/EAS guidelines. For conversion of cholesterol values in mmol/L to mg/dL, multiply by 38.6. ACC/AHA, American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association; ESC/EAS, European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society; PCE, pooled cohort equations; SCORE, Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation; LDL-C , Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC ,  Total cholesterol.