Proportions of patients achieving the risk factor goals at study interview (approximately 1 year after the index event)
| CHD outpatient sample overall | History of stable CCS | History of ACS | P value | |
| n=721 | n=322 | n=399 | ||
| Cholesterol | ||||
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/L), mean (SD) | 2.05 (0.68) | 2.14 (0.75) | 1.98 (0.60) | 0.002 |
| LDL cholesterol <1.8 mmol/L, n (%) | 262 (36.3) | 106 (32.9) | 156 (39.1) | 0.188 |
| LDL cholesterol <1.4 mmol/L, n (%) | 94 (13.0) | 40 (12.4) | 54 (13.5) | 0.838 |
| Non-HDL cholesterol (mmol/L), mean (SD) | 2.69 (0.87) | 2.81 (1.03) | 2.60 (0.70) | 0.002 |
| Non-HDL cholesterol <3.3 mmol/L, n (%) | 572 (79.3) | 244 (75.8) | 328 (82.2) | 0.021 |
| Blood pressure | ||||
| Mean systolic blood pressure, mean (SD) | 137 (19.1) | 141 (18.5) | 134 (19.0) | <0.001 |
| Mean diastolic blood pressure, mean (SD) | 79.6 (9.87) | 80.1 (9.76) | 79.3 (9.95) | 0.28 |
| <140/90 mm Hg, n (%) | 411 (57.5) | 157 (49.4) | 254 (64.0) | <0.001 |
| <130/80 mm Hg, n (%) | 196 (27.2) | 67 (20.8) | 129 (32.3) | 0.001 |
| Severely raised blood pressure (≥160/100 mm Hg), n (%) | 94 (13.0) | 56 (17.4) | 38 (9.52) | 0.003 |
| Diabetes | ||||
| Mean HbA1c (%), mean (SD) | 5.79 (0.95) | 5.84 (1.07) | 5.75 (0.84) | 0.227 |
| Mean HbA1c (mmol/mol), mean (SD) | 39.8 (10.4) | 40.4 (11.7) | 39.4 (9.19) | 0.218 |
| Undiagnosed diabetes in patients not reporting dysglycaemia (FPG ≥7 mmol/L and/or HbA1c ≥6.5%), n (%) | 32 (12.9) | 10 (18.9) | 22 (11.3) | 0.219 |
| Smoking | ||||
| Prevalence of persistent smoking (among participants who smoked at the index event), n (%) | 66 (44.9) | 27 (47.4) | 39 (43.3) | 0.757 |
ACS, acute coronary syndrome; CCS, chronic coronary syndrome; CHD, coronary heart disease; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.