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Know Your Heart Disease Risk

Several risk factors influence the chance of developing heart disease. Some of these risk factors you can change, while others you can't. Knowing your personal risk factors is the first step in taking charge of your heart health.

Heart Disease Risk Factors

Things You Can Change
(modifiable)		 Things You Can't Change
(nonmodifiable)
  • Cigarette smoking
  • Diabetes
  • Hypertension (140/90 mm Hg or
    on antihypertensive medications)
  • Obesity and overweight
  • Sedentary lifestyle
  • Abnormal blood lipids:
    • High total cholesterol
    • High LDL
    • Low HDL (<40 mg/dL)
    • High triglycerides (≥200 mg/dL)
  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Age
    • Male ≥ 45 years old
    • Female ≥ 55 years old
  • Family history of premature heart disease
Go to Heart Health Center
Reviewed by RealAge Staff: August, 2009
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