Studies relating serum cholesterol level to coronary heart

Chapter 5, Problem 79

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Studies relating serum cholesterol level to coronary heart disease suggest that a risk factor is the ratio x of the total amount C of cholesterol in the blood to the amount H of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the blood. For a female, the lifetime risk R of having a heart attack can be approximated by the formula For example, if , then there is a 65% chance that a woman will have a heart attack over an average lifetime. Calculate R for a female with and .

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