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Dr Reckless said preventing cardiovascular disease was important across the board - in the elderly and the young, in men and women, and in those with diabetes or high blood pressure or any of the other conditions that might go along with it.
"We've long known that the evidence is really that you should be treating way down to really quite a low risk.
Doctors are advised by the Joint British Societies, which includes Diabetes UK, the British Cardiac Society, Heart UK and the Stroke Association, to treat people whose 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease is 20%.
Dr Reckless said preventing cardiovascular disease was important across the board - in the elderly and the young, in men and women, and in those with diabetes or high blood pressure or any of the other conditions that might go along with it.
"We've long known that the evidence is really that you should be treating way down to really quite a low risk.
Doctors are advised by the Joint British Societies, which includes Diabetes UK, the British Cardiac Society, Heart UK and the Stroke Association, to treat people whose 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease is 20%.