Treatment goal definitions
| Risk categories | Definitions | Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goals (mg/dl) |
| Very high risk | Postmyocardial infarction with diabetes mellitus, poststroke with diabetes mellitus, peripheral arterial disease with diabetes mellitus, poststroke with myocardial infarction, poststroke with peripheral arterial disease and postmyocardial infarction with peripheral arterial disease | <70 |
| High risk | Coronary artery disease, cardiovascular diseases, poststroke and diabetes mellitus | <100 |
| Moderate risk | ≥2 risk+(hypertension or dyslipidaemia) | <130 |
| Low risk | 0–1 risk+(hypertension) | <160 |