[Drug treatment of cardiovascular risk factors over six years of following the French DESIR cohort].

Objective: To describe the treatment of cardiovascular risk factors within the context of a cohort study of adults, according to the risk estimated by the Framingham equation.

Method: This prospective study, DESIR, followed 1526 men and 1652 women for six years. At the time of the study's initiation, all participants were aged 35 to 65, and none were being treated for hypertension or dyslipemia.