Table 4

RR of ischaemic heart disease and stroke per 1 mmol/l increase in total cholesterol by age at event

Age groupIschaemic heart diseaseStroke
RR*LLULRR†LLULRR*LLULRR†LLUL
30–443.141.337.386.31.5924.99NANANANANANA
45–591.090.871.361.150.81.640.910.71.170.840.531.34
60–691.050.871.361.080.81.640.780.521.180.640.31.35

  • ↵* Adjusted for smoking and systolic blood pressure.

  • ↵† Adjusted for smoking and systolic blood pressure and corrected for regression dilution bias.

  • LL, lower limit of 95% CI; UL, upper limit of 95% CI.