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Table 1 Age-specific relative risks of stroke occurrence due to raised systolic blood pressure (SBP) and body mass index (BMI) (GBD 2010 study estimates for South Africa, Amy VanderZanden - personal communication)

From: Burden of stroke attributable to selected lifestyle risk factors in rural South Africa

Risk factor

RR

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80+

SBP

RR for 10 mmHg increase

2.17

2.07

1.97

1.88

1.8

1.71

1.64

1.56

1.49

1.42

1.36

1.26

RR for 1 mmHg increase

1.08

1.08

1.07

1.07

1.06

1.06

1.05

1.05

1.04

1.04

1.03

1.02

95 % CI

(2.03–2.31)

(1.95–2.20)

(1.87–2.09)

(1.79–1.99)

(1.71–1.89)

(1.64–1.79)

(1.57–1.71)

(1.50–1.62)

(1.44–1.54)

(1.38–1.46)

(1.32–1.39)

(1.24–1.29)

BMI

RR for 5 kg/m2 increase

1.88

1.81

1.74

1.68

1.61

1.55

1.49

1.44

1.38

1.33

1.28

1.21

RR for 1 kg/m2 increase

1.13

1.13

1.12

1.11

1.10

1.09

1.08

1.08

1.07

1.06

1.05

1.04

95 % CI

(1.69–2.08)

(1.64–1.99)

(1.59–1.91)

(1.54–1.82)

(1.49–1.74)

(1.45–1.67)

(1.40–1.60)

(1.36–1.53)

(1.31–1.46)

(1.27–1.40)

(1.23–1.33)

(1.17–1.25)