Who should be treated to reduce their cardiovascular health risk?
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Treatment to reduce the risk of developing a cardiovascular disease is usually offered to people with a high risk. That is:
- People with a risk assessment score of 20% or more. That is, if you have a 2 in 10 chance or more of developing a cardiovascular disease within the next 10 years
- People with an existing cardiovascular disease (to lower the chance of it getting worse, or of developing a further disease).
- People with diabetes. If you have diabetes, the time that treatment is started to reduce cardiovascular risk depends on factors such as: your age, how long you have had diabetes, your blood pressure, and and if you have any complications of diabetes.
- People with certain kidney disorders.
The following people should also have drug treatment to lower their cholesterol level, regardless of any calculated risk. The risk calculator may not necessarily take these people into account who have a high risk of developing atheroma.
- People with a total cholesterol to high density lipoprotein ratio of 6 or more (TC/HDL = 6 or more).
- People with familial (hereditary) lipid disorders.
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