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13.4.4 Defining Risk of a Cardiovascular Event Within Ten Years in the Healthy
Heart Study
Table 414 gives the points assigned based on the following six risk factors for men and
women to give a total score (summed over the six risk factors) of a cardiovascular event
within the next ten years. The total scores in combination with family history were
related to 10-year risk as given in Table 415 (see example below table).
Table 414: Points for scoring each risk factor
Risk factor Category Men Women
Age (years) 30-34 –1 –9
35-39 0 –4
40-44 1 0
45-49 2 3
50-54 3 6
55-59 4 7
60-64 5 8
65-69 6 8
Total cholesterol
(mmol/L)
High density
lipoprotein (HDL)
cholesterol (mmol/L)
Blood pressure
(SBP/DBP mmHg)*
70-74 7 8
4.14 –3 –2
4.15 to 5.17 0 0
5.18 to 6.21 1 1
6.22 to 7.24 2 1
7.25 3 3
0.90 2 5
0.91 to 1.16 1 2
1.17 to 1.29 0 1
1.20 to 1.55 0 0
1.56 –2 –3