Table 2

Changes over time in cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity

	Starting period		Change from start to end period
	Period	Prevalence	End period	Raw change	Adj. change* (Adj. change 95% CI)
Blood pressure/cholesterol
High blood pressure LSI	1994–1996	2.7%	2011–14	1.3%	1.0% (0.4% to 1.6%)
Recent high blood pressure	1994–1996	4.2%	2011–14	5.2%	4.8% (3.9% to 5.6%)
Biomarker high BP	1994–1996	8.4%	2011–14	−4.7%	−5.0% (−5.6% to −4.5%)
High total cholesterol	1994–1996	75.7%	2011–14	−16.4%	−17.6% (−19.1% to −16.1%)
Low HDL cholesterol	1997–2000	11.8%	2011–14	−8.0%	−8.0% (−9.0% to −7.1%)
Other CVD
Recent heart attack/stroke	1994–1996	1.2%	2011–14	−0.3%	−0.4% (−0.7% to 0.0%)
Recent angina	1994–1996	1.1%	2011–14	−0.4%	−0.5% (−0.8% to −0.1%)
IHD/stroke LSI	1994–1996	1.4%	2011–14	−0.4%	−0.6% (−0.9% to −0.2%)
Heart attack symptoms	1994–1996	5.5%	2011–14	−0.3%	−0.5% (−1.3% to 0.3%)
Mini stroke (TIA) symptoms	2001–2003	8.1%	2011–14	−1.4%	−1.4% (−2.4% to −0.4%)
Angina symptoms	1994–1996	2.3%	2011–14	−1.1%	−1.2% (−1.6% to −0.7%)
Any CVD LSI	1994–1996	5.8%	2011–14	1.1%	0.6% (−0.1% to 1.4%)
Any recent CVD	1994–1996	3.1%	2011–14	0.7%	0.5% (−0.1% to 1.2%)
Respiratory
Lifetime diagnosed asthma	1994–1996	11.2%	2008–10	5.5%	5.7% (4.5% to 6.8%)
Asthma LSI	1994–1996	5.0%	2011–14	0.7%	0.7% (0.0% to 1.4%)
Breathlessness-grade 2+	1994–1996	19.7%	2008–10	−4.4%	−4.8% (−6.1% to −3.5%)
Breathlessness-grade 3	1994–1996	7.8%	2008–10	−1.4%	−1.6% (−2.5% to −0.8%)
Recent wheezing/asthma	1994–1996	19.5%	2008–10	−1.2%	−1.2% (−2.5% to 0.1%)
Wheezing stopping sleep	1994–1996	3.6%	2008–10	−0.4%	−0.5% (−1.0% to 0.1%)
COPD symptoms	1994–1996	6.6%	2008–10	−1.5%	−1.6% (−2.3% to −0.8%)

See table 1 for details on LSI.
Red text indicates negative values.
*‘Adj.’ = adjusted for changing age and sex distribution of the working-age population.
BP, blood pressure; CVD, cardiovascular disease; HDL, high density lipoprotein; IHD, ischaemic heart disease; LSI, longstanding illness.