Factors influencing general practitioners’ decisions about cardiovascular disease risk reassessment: findings from experimental and interview studies

Table 4 Patient case descriptions – study 2

Case	Sex	Age	Smoking status Y/N	SBP (mmHg)	TC (mmol/L)	HDL (mmol/L)	TC/HDL	AR^a (%)	Study 1 equivalent case category
1	Male	61	N	156	4.9	1.6	3	9	Ai
2	Male	61	N	116	6.4	1	6.4	9	Aii
3	Male	61	Y	131	5.4	1.2	4.5	16	C

^aAbsolute risk was not reported systematically to all GPs. GPs were informed of the patients’ AR if they asked for it, or if they had previously mentioned using AR in their practice

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