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. 2021 Feb 17;190(10):2000–2014. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwab031

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Number needed to screen to prevent 1 cardiovascular disease event for men (A) and women (B) and number needed to treat to prevent 1 cardiovascular disease event for men (C) and women (D), among people in the risk set at each landmark age model, using standard 10-year cardiovascular risk predictions versus statin-naive 10-year cardiovascular risk predictions, in the validation data set, Clinical Practice Research Datalink, Hospital Episode Statistics, and the Office for National Statistics, England, United Kingdom, 2004–2017. Numbers needed to screen to prevent 1 event are shown on the natural log scale.