Table 4.

Management categories based on sex, age, and number of risk factors

(Modified from Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS) Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases in Japan–2012 Version)

Baseline risk factors		Risk factors
Sex	Age	1. Hypertension 2. Smoking 3. Hypo-HDL cholesterolemia 4. Family history of premature CAD Onset <55 years of age in first-degree male relatives or <65 years of age in first-degree female relatives 5. Impaired glucose intolerance	10-year absolute risk of CAD death	Risk category
Men	30–49	0	0.23	Category I
		1–2	0.32–0.55	Category II
		3 or more	0.48–0.83	Category III
	50–59	0	0.63	Category II
		1	0.91–1.08	Category II
		2 or more	1.55	Category III
	60–74	0	1.78	Category II
		1 or more	2.55–4.31	Category III
Women	40–59	0–1	0.10–0.20	Category I
		2 or more	0.24	Category II
	60–74	0–1	0.87–1.83	Category II
		2 or more	2.19	Category III