Figures & data
Figure 1. Curve showing the relationship between cholesterol and relative risk of death due to coronary heart disease in over 360 000 men originally screened for participation in MRFIT. This is designed to imply a causal relationship and no data is given for absolute risk. (See subsequent discussion of this frequently used artifice.)
Figure 2. Relationship between decreased LDL cholesterol and reduction of CHD in The Cholestyramine Coronary Primary Prevention Trial. The implication here is that for every 1% fall there would be a 2% reduction in risk of coronary disease, but does not state that this only refers to relative risk.
