Treatment strategy
|
No. eligible to treat
|
Number of CVD events averted
|
Number needed to treat to avoid 1 CVD event
|
Total cost of medications (in US$ millions)
|
Cost of medications (US$) to avert 1 CVD event
|
---|
BP ≥140/90 mmHg
|
44′899
|
127
|
354
|
1.84
|
14′534
|
Total cholesterol ≥6.2 mmol/l
|
28′317
|
39
|
727
|
1.24
|
31′831
|
High BP or high cholesterol
|
59′741
|
157
|
379
|
3.89
|
24′678
|
Risk ≥10%
|
10′837
|
137
|
79
|
1.03
|
7′499
|
Risk ≥20%
|
5′114
|
92
|
56
|
0.49
|
5′291
|
Risk ≥20%, BP ≥160/100, TC ≥8.0
|
20′653
|
147
|
140
|
1.96
|
13′307
|
Current situation
|
37′667
|
103
|
366
|
2.45
|
23′789
|
- Adapted from Bovet et al [41]