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Practice Guideline
. 2005 Dec;91 Suppl 5(Suppl 5):v1-52.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.2005.079988.

JBS 2: Joint British Societies' guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease in clinical practice

British Cardiac Society; British Hypertension Society; Diabetes UK; HEART UK; Primary Care Cardiovascular Society; Stroke Association
Practice Guideline

JBS 2: Joint British Societies' guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease in clinical practice

British Cardiac Society et al. Heart. 2005 Dec.
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Figure 1
Joint British Societies' cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction chart: non-diabetic men.
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Figure 2
Joint British Societies' CVD risk prediction chart: non-diabetic women.
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Figure 3
Risk thresholds and targets for blood pressure in asymptomatic people without CVD
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Figure 4
Recommendations for combining blood pressure drugs/ABCD rule.
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Figure 5
(A) Absolute reduction in LDL cholesterol (mmol/l) and absolute reduction in risk of major cardiac event (MCE). (B) Both axes are on a log scale showing relative reduction in LDL cholesterol (mmol/l) and relative reduction in risk of MCE.
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Figure 6
Risk thresholds and targets for blood cholesterol in asymptomatic people without CVD. †Assessed with CVD risk chart.
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Figure 7
Risk thresholds and targets for plasma blood glucose in asymptomatic people without CVD. *Impaired glucose tolerance: 2 hour glucose in an OGTT ⩾ 7.8 mmol/l and ⩽ 11.0 mmol/l. OGTT, oral glucose tolerance test. See table 13.
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