For at kunne deltage havde patienterne haft en eller flere af følgende lidelser: myorkardial infarkt, slagtilfælde, perkutan koronar intervention eller koronar arterie bypass transplantat, akut koronar syndrom, koronar arterielidelse, obstruerende perifer arteriesygdom.
To be eligible patients had to have had one or more of the following: myocardial infarction, stroke, percutaneous cardiac intervention or coronary artery bypass graft, acute coronary syndrome, coronary artery disease, or peripheral arterial obstructive disease.