Proportion (%) of people at different ages with a history of myocardial infarction, angina, stroke, or peripheral vascular disease and serum total cholesterol ⩾ 5.0 mmol/l, and separately for those with any cholesterol concentration
| Age (years) | Men | Women | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No with TC measured | MI | Angina | Stroke | PVD | Total | No with TC measured | MI | Angina | Stroke | PVD | Total | |||
| TC ⩾ 5.0 mmol/l | ||||||||||||||
| 35–44 | 671 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 804 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | ||
| 45–54 | 583 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 6.9 | 673 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 55–64 | 558 | 9.5 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 19.5 | 674 | 2.7 | 7.7 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 12.9 | ||
| Total 35–64 | 1812 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 8.9 | 2151 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 6.8 | ||
| 95% CI | 3.5 to 5.4 | 1.7 to 3.1 | 0.4 to 1.2 | 0.8 to 1.9 | 7.6 to 10.3 | 1.0 to 2.0 | 2.5 to 4.0 | 0.1 to 0.6 | 1.2 to 2.2 | 5.7 to 7.9 | ||||
| All TC | ||||||||||||||
| Total 35–64 | 1812 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 9.9 | 2151 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 7.3 | ||
| 95% CI | 4.0 to 6.0 | 1.9 to 3.4 | 0.4 to 1.2 | 0.9 to 2.0 | 8.6 to 11.3 | 1.1 to 2.2 | 2.7 to 4.3 | 0.1 to 0.7 | 1.2 to 2.4 | 6.2 to 8.4 | ||||
CI, confidence interval; MI, myocardial infarction; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; TC, total cholesterol.