Population attributable fraction (%) of smoking, medium or high-risk levels of systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, being overweight or obese and of being in the two lowest tertiles of height on CVD, IHD and cerebrovascular disease mortality in cohort and within sibship analyses from Cox regressions
| Cohort | Sibship analyses | |
| CVD | ||
| Smoking | 43 | 40 |
| Medium or high-risk systolic blood pressure | 32 | 28 |
| Medium or high-risk total cholesterol | 39 | 32 |
| Being overweight or obese | 16 | 6 |
| Being in the two lowest tertiles of height | 12 | 6 |
| IHD | ||
| Smoking | 49 | 44 |
| Medium or high-risk systolic blood pressure | 31 | 23 |
| Medium or high-risk total cholesterol | 50 | 37 |
| Being overweight or obese | 20 | 11 |
| Being in the two lowest tertiles of height | 11 | 6 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | ||
| Smoking | 38 | 38 |
| Medium or high-risk systolic blood pressure | 32 | 28 |
| Medium or high-risk total cholesterol | 13 | 18 |
| Being overweight or obese | 2 | 0 |
| Being in the two lowest tertiles of height | 15 | 11 |
CVD, cardiovascular disease; IHD, ischaemic heart disease.