Chart 1.3.

Moderate Risk according to the Department of Atherosclerosis of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology

• Male patients with GRS from 5 to 20%

• Female patients with GRS from 5 to 10%

• Diabetic patients without RS* or SAD** factors

GRS: overall risk score; RS: risk stratifiers; SAD: subclinical atherosclerotic disease.

^*Age ≥ 48 years in men and ≥ 54 years in women; time to diabetes diagnosis > 10 years; family history of premature CVD (< 55 years for men and < 65 years for women) in first degree relative; smoking (at least one cigarette in the previous month); systemic arterial hypertension (SAH); metabolic syndrome, according to the International Diabetes Federation; albuminuria > 30 mg/g creatinine and/or retinopathy; glomerular filtration rate < 60 mL/min.

^**Carotid ultrasound with presence of plaque > 1.5 mm; ABI < 0.9; coronary calcium score > 10 Agatston units; atherosclerotic plaques in coronary computed tomography angiography; LDL-c between 70 and 189 mg/dL, with ORS > 20% for males and > 10% for females.