Table 3.

Population attributable risks (PARs) and 95% CIs from smoking and other risk factors of ischaemic heart disease (IHD), cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in Korean men: the Korean Life Course Health Study

Variables and categories	Prevalence %	IHD PAR (95% CI)	CVD PAR (95% CI)	ASCVD PAR (95% CI)
Smoking
Current smoker	66.2	24.9 (16.6 to 28.4)	20.9 (11.7 to 28.4)	20.9 (16.5 to 24.9)
Blood pressure*
Hypertension	22.0	8.1 (6.2 to 9.9)	13.3 (9.9 to 14.9)	9.9 (9.9 to 11.7)
Total cholesterol†
Borderline	16.6	6.2 (4.7 to 9.1)	6.2 (4.7 to 7.7)	6.2 (4.7 to 7.6)
High	3.8	5.4 (4.0 to 6.4)	4.0 (2.9 to 4.7)	4.0 (2.9 to 4.7)
Fasting blood sugar‡
Diabetes	0.9	0.3 (−0.9 to 0.8)	0.5 (0.08 to 1.1)	0.4 (0.2 to 0.8)
Physical activity
No exercise	0.8	7.4 (0 to 19.3)	7.4 (0 to 19.3)	7.4 (0 to 19.3)

*The reference category is normal (systolic blood pressure <140 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg).

†The reference category is desirable (serum cholesterol level <5.17 mmol/L [200 mg/dL]).

‡The reference category is a fasting serum glucose level of less than 6.99 mmol/L (126 mg/dL).