Risk table for people without cardiovascular disease - People with diabetes

Indications for cholesterol-reducing pharmaceutical therapy

To be used for people without cardiovascular disease (CVD) but with one or more of the following:

• a member of the immediate family aged < 60 years has coronary heart disease (CHD),
• diabetes mellitus,
• hypertension, whether treated or not.

Not to be used for people with manifest CVD or with a cholesterol level of > 8 mmol/L and/or triglyceride level of > 4 mmol/L

How to use the table

• Determine the risk factors for your patient. Calculate the total cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratio.
• Calculate the absolute risk of developing CHD in the next 10 years from the table.
• >Red: indication for treatment with a statine.
• Orange: indication for treatment with a statine, if a member of the patient's immediate family aged < 60 years has CHD.

Total cholesterol/HDL ratio

Absolute risk (%) of developing CHD in the next 10 years. Based on the Framingham risk score. The table is based on the CBO risk table.

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