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Sheffield table for primary prevention of coronary heart disease
These tables (age vs total cholesterol level) were used by health care workers to identify treatment threashold for cholesterol which conferring an estimated risk of coronary events of 3.0% per year. These tables provided clear advice, indicating which patients may benefit from a statin, and in whom measurement of cholesterol would be beneficial. They did not however consider ethnic minorities nor genetic lipid disorders. They make no adjustment for HDL levels.
These tables have been superceded by CHD risk calculators using more variables.
- Haq IU et al. Sheffield risk and treatment table for cholesterol lowering for primary prevention of coronary heart disease. Lancet 1995, 346: 1467-71. i>
- Ramsay LE, Haq IU, Jackson PR, Yeo WW. The Sheffield table for primary prevention of coronary heart disease:corrected. Lancet 1996; 348: 1251-2 (Basis for tables above).
- [No authors listed] Management of Hyperlipidaemia Drug Ther Bull Dec 1996 89-93(tables reproduced here).
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