Taking this
quick heart health assessment may help estimate your risk of having a heart attack or dying of coronary heart disease. A number of factors increase your risk – some can’t be changed, but you can control others.
Risk factors that cannot be changed:
- Increasing age
- Male gender
- Heredity (including race)
Risk factors that can be modified, treated or controlled by lifestyle changes:
- Smoking
- High cholesterol
- High blood pressure
- Physical inactivity
- Overweight and obesity
- Diabetes
- Stress
- Alcohol