Research Article

Contribution of Individual Risk Factor Changes to Reductions in Population Absolute Cardiovascular Risk

Table 3

Proportion of modifiable risk reduced for each risk factor.

Proportion of
modifiable risk
reduced (%)
95% CI

Smoking5651–62319***
Systolic blood pressure6858–77322***
Total to HDL cholesterol ratio5342–64309***

: number of patients with this modifiable risk; *** .