Table 5

Patients as Candidates for Drug Therapy According to the SCORE Guidelines Recommendations, With Risk Estimated by the Original Framingham and REGICOR Risk Functions

Recommended TherapyTotal (n=447)Men (n=201)Women (n=246)
Lipid-lowering therapy
 Original Framingham, n (%)64 (14.3)57 (28.3)7 (2.8)
 REGICOR Framingham, n (%)30 (6.7)26 (12.9)4 (1.6)
P value<.001<.001.360
Antihypertensive therapy
 Original Framingham, n (%)56 (12.5)41 (20.4)15 (6.1)
 REGICOR Framingham, n (%)35 (7.8)23 (11.4)12 (4.9)
P value<.05<.05.55